Below are links to a number of stories from the Chicago Tribune which detail possible challenges to the regional health care safety net by policies of the University of Chicago.  Free registration may be required to view some tribune articles.

450 layoffs announced at U. of C. Medical Center
Chicago Tribune, February 9, 2009

University of Chicago ER sends kid mauled by pit bull home
Chicago Tribune, February 13, 2009

Don't Cut Cook County's Health Safety Net
Chicago Tribune Letter to the Editor, Quentin Young and William McNary, February 17, 2009

Doctors group to U. of C.: Practices close to 'patient dumping'

Chicago Tribune, February 19, 2009

University of Chicago Medical Center Is Failing Emergency Patients, Nations Emergency Physicians Say; Urge Congress to Hold Hearings on the State of Emergency Care
American College of Emergency Physicians, February 19, 2009

ER doctors condemn University of Chicago plan to divert patients
Chicago Tribune, February 20, 2009