How has Advocate created a separate and unequal system of health care?
Based on public reports of major capital investments required of Illinois hospitals, Advocate has spent significantly more at its hospitals serving predominantly white and affluent communities than at its hospitals serving minority communities. From 1995 through 2003, Advocate invested $232 million in capital improvements at hospitals serving primarily white communities and only $26 million at hospitals serving predominantly minority communities. And since that figure was initially released, Advocate has secured or proposed an additional $595 million in spending at its suburban hospitals, but only $20.6 million at its mission hospitals.
