Health Care
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Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this spring
Dec 15, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Several Illinois lawmakers said this week they are determined to pass a bill in the spring that would overhaul the way nursing homes are paid through the s...
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Constable: Island med school president uses IT skills honed in suburbsDec 14, 2021 4:30 am - With a degree in computer science from Western Michigan University, Adedayo Akande had the winter driving skills required for the daily commute from his home in Chicago ...
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New law provides midwives with a path to state license
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Baxter completes $10.5 billion acquisitionDec 12, 2021 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Baxter International Inc. Monday said it has completed its $10.5 billion acquisition of Hillrom, a Chicago-based connected care technology developer. Baxter'...
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Advocate Children's Medical Group opens Downers Grove locationDec 09, 2021 10:00 pm - In an effort to continue improving access to exceptional pediatric primary care in the Western suburbs, Advocate Children's Medical Group has opened a new office in Down...
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Second counseling business looking to move across from Elgin middle schoolDec 09, 2021 4:00 am - Elgin City Council members will be asked to double down on adding new mental health counselors and patients at an office building across the street from Kimball Middle S...
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Survey: Americans with medical debt more worried about cost than healthDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - A new survey from Discover Personal Loans revealed 58% of Americans took steps to address an unexpected expense since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether the...
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Proposal would put the unvaccinated on the hook for COVID-19 treatment expenses
Dec 06, 2021 12:00 am - Legislation filed Monday in the state House would require unvaccinated Illinoisans to pay for their health care expenses — including hospital bills — out of pocket if th...
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Conflict over abortion laws won't abate if Roe v. Wade falls
Dec 02, 2021 12:00 am - On both sides of America's abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade - the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion - is imp...
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Feds investigating whether Itasca broke anti-discrimination laws in Haymarket decisionDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - Just weeks after Itasca overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for an addiction treatment center, federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether the village...