Michelle Obama Oversaw Contentious Program (Kicking the uninsured out of her hospital’s ER)

Posted on 29. Sep, 2008 by Rob Belatucadros in Hidden Crimes, Politics, Race, Rob Belatucadros, Top Stories

Michelle Obama’s job at the University of Chicago Medical Center included responsibility for a program to steer the uninsured away from its emergency room. The wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is now on leave from her position. She was earning $317,000 a year as vice president of the hospital. Some top Obama advisers are also involved with the Urban Health Initiative, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Dr. Eric Whitaker took over the program when the hospital hired him in 2007, and the hospital contracted with a company owned by David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s top strategist, for a public relations campaign.  Source>>>