This past week a grant was passed for 6 million dollars to a Chicago hospital. The grant was awarded to the University of Chicago Medical Center's Urban Health Initiative through the presidents's Affordable Care Act and will link patients with community services through a data base. The controversy in this is that the hospital has had close ties to the Obama family for years with Michelle being a former employee and the hospital is run by a long time friend and golf partner of the President's.
I honestly think that this is just another reason to attack Obama on how he is "unfair" by giving his friend this grant over the next three years. I feel like that the money went to a good use and since the president is friends with Obama, the hospital can be more trusted to spend the money wisely. Already the hospital has used the money to hire many extra workers in the Chicago area and are continuing to put the money to good use. In my eyes, there have may been a bit of favoritism, but its hard to make giving money to a hospital sound bad.
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