Articles filed under Health
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How many have no health insurance in suburbsSep 19, 2013 5:30 am - As vast new online health care marketplaces are poised to open Oct. 1 under the Affordable Care Act, new census numbers show hundreds of thousands of suburban residents ...
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Big suburban firms joining private health exchangesSep 19, 2013 5:30 am - With its announcement that it will move 240,000 employees to private health exchanges, Walgreens adds to the thousands of suburban workers who will find themselves choos...
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Elderly care unit closes at Alexian BrothersSep 18, 2013 4:46 pm - A patient care center for those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village has closed, though its functions will remai...
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Moylan visits Alexian Brothers Medical CenterSep 17, 2013 2:32 pm - State Rep. Marty Moylan, a Democrat from Des Plaines, toured Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village with President and Chief Executive Officer John Werrbac...
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Groups race to hire, train ‘Obamacare’ guidesSep 15, 2013 7:23 am - With the program known as “Obamacare” only weeks away from its key launch date, hectic preparations are in motion in communities across the country to deal with one of i...
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Patient’s bill soars as health law program faltersSep 15, 2013 7:15 am - WASHINGTON — Coping with advanced cancer, Bev Veals was in the hospital for chemo this summer when she got a call that her health plan was shutting down. Then, the subst...
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Employers look to cut back on spousal coverageSep 15, 2013 6:41 am - Your company may be having second thoughts about the health insurance it offers to your spouse. That means you might wind up paying more for that coverage or have to swi...
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Big companies ending retiree health plans adds to taxpayer burdenSep 14, 2013 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — America's biggest employers, from GE to IBM, are increasingly moving retirees to insurance exchanges where they select their own health plans, a historic shif...
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Outbreak roils state’s oyster industrySep 14, 2013 1:26 pm - BOSTON — A mystery of sorts threatens to stunt Massachusetts’ small but growing oyster industry after illnesses linked to bacterial contamination forced the state to shu...
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W. Virginia won’t let natural gas go route of coal industrySep 14, 2013 1:25 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For decades, coal from West Virginia’s vast deposits was mined, loaded on rail cars and hauled off without leaving behind a lasting trust fund financ...