Articles filed under Health
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‘Concierge medicine’ quick but not cheapSep 22, 2013 6:25 am - Dr. Jack Padour was burning out. The Ventura, Calif., internal medicine doctor faced falling reimbursement rates and rising overhead. The only way to maintain his earnin...
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Hospitals emerge as powerful sellers of health careSep 22, 2013 5:54 am - As community groups, brokers and insurers prepare to recruit people for enrollment in medical plans that go on sale in October under the health law, nobody has a bigger ...
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Stella McCartney swaps catwalk for the treadmillSep 22, 2013 5:54 am - LONDON — After days of runways showcasing skinny models in high heels, London Fashion Week switched gears and took to the gym for a spot of spinning and synchronized swi...
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Town-hall meeting in Elgin draws sparse crowdSep 21, 2013 3:40 pm - People got a chance to hear about upcoming health care insurance requirements and city issues at an Elgin town-hall meeting on Saturday, a daylong event organized by an ...
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House votes to derail Obamacare, fund governmentSep 20, 2013 8:37 am - WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled House voted Friday to cripple President Barack Obama’s health care law as part of a risky ploy that threatens a government shutdown in a ...
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State Supreme Court hears suit over retiree health careSep 19, 2013 4:33 pm - Attorneys for retired state government workers told the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday that a new law that could require retirees to pay more for health insurance shou...
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House to vote on stopgap funding bill, ‘Obamacare’Sep 19, 2013 8:43 am - WASHINGTON — The White House promised a veto of a Republican effort to gut President Barack Obama’s health care law that is part of a temporary funding bill in the House...
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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...