Consumers' Research Targets Rush With Ad Campaign Over $3.7 Million CEO Pay

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23

Billboards, street posters and TV ads are going up around Guaranteed Rate Field as Consumers' Research launches its "Rush Exposed" campaign against Rush University Medical Center, the White Sox's healthcare partner.
The group says Rush diverts resources from patient care into non-medical priorities, highlighting pediatric gender-related services, DEI training, a Pride charity drag brunch and climate initiatives on RushExposed.com.
Rush's finances are central to the attack: Consumers' Research says the nonprofit laid off workers while CEO Dr. Omar Lateef received nearly $3.7 million in FY2024 compensation, up from $2.9 million a year earlier.
Rush also received more than $194 million in federal funding in FY2025 and kept its tax-exempt status, a broader issue in Consumers' Research's national "Bad Medicine" campaign against hospital systems it says push ideology over care.