Health Care
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More employers adopting ICHRAs, giving workers money to buy their own health insurance
Jun 21, 2025 12:23 pm - A small, growing number of employers are putting health insurance decisions entirely in the hands of their workers. Instead of offering traditional insurance, they’re giv...
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Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights
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‘A better way’: How one suburban woman is helping families make senior downsizing and transition less of a crisisJun 14, 2025 2:09 pm - After more than 20 years helping support companies in issues management and crisis communications, Kathleen Cantillon switched careers and bought a franchise of Caring Transitions, which assists people in downsizing and relocation.
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Evanston activist announces bid to replace Rep. Schakowsky in CongressJun 12, 2025 11:28 am - The Democratic field for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat continues to grow. Evanston activist Miracle Jenkins has officially thrown his hat over the wall, annou...
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Palatine Township mental health board appointed amid controversyJun 10, 2025 2:26 pm - The Palatine Township board named seven members to its new community mental health board Monday, despite objections about the process from supporters of the referendum that established the panel.
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Hoffman Estates doctor gets 10-year prison sentence for performing unnecessary medical proceduresJun 10, 2025 11:13 am - A former Hoffman Estates doctor was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty last year to health care fraud.
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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
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New location for Northwest Speech and Hearing CenterJun 09, 2025 8:47 pm - Northwest Speech and Hearing Center, a trusted provider of audiology services in the northwest suburbs for nearly five decades, has completed a strategic move to a new, state-of-the-art facility within the Northwest Community Healthcare campus in Arlington Heights.
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital opens retail pharmacyJun 09, 2025 1:30 pm - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital has opened a new retail pharmacy in Park Ridge.
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Fighting for the right to die: Terminally ill Lombard woman continues push for medical ‘aid in dying’ billJun 09, 2025 10:12 am - Deb Robertson isn’t giving up on state legislation that would give terminally ill patients like herself the option to end their lives with medical assistance.