John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, a facility under Cook County Health, is pictured in this file photo.

Following the end of COVID-19 public health emergencies in the spring, tens of thousands of Illinois Medicaid members lost their coverage after facing a redetermination process for the first time in three years.

In Cook County, at least 4,700 people have lost their CountyCare coverage since redeterminations began in May, the leader of Cook County Health told The Daily Line