A new Illinois law keeps hospital finances hidden from the public

A new law in Illinois requires hospitals to file more financial information with state regulators, giving them a deeper look into whether medical centers are struggling. But these records will be hidden from the public, the law states, limiting how much patients, their doctors and even community leaders like city councils know about hospitals in their back yards. This is one piece of a broad law Gov. JB Pritzker signed in June “to support at-risk hospitals, strengthen our statewide care…