Illinois hospitals feeling pain in recession

SPRINGFIELD – The recession is making Illinois hospitals sick, and the medicine they need is cash.

Three-quarters of the state's hospitals are treating increasing numbers of uninsured patients, and just more than half are seeing decreases in admissions, particularly for elective procedures people can delay, according to the Illinois State Hospital Association.

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