Articles filed under Health
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Illinois warns insurers of discrimination banJul 29, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois regulators issued a reminder to health insurers that it is illegal to deny coverage to someone because they are transgender, drawing praise from t...
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Varying health premium subsidies worry consumersJul 27, 2014 7:35 am - MIAMI - Linda Close was grateful to learn she qualified for a sizable subsidy to help pay for her health insurance under the new federal law. But in the process of signi...
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Q&A on conflicting health care rulings mean?Jul 27, 2014 7:32 am - It's been a week of whiplash for the Affordable Care Act in the federal courts, so let's sort out what happened. The federal appeals court in the District of Columbia ru...
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Russia's war on McDonald's targets Filet-O-Fish, burgersJul 25, 2014 1:01 am - Russia said earlier this week that it had no intention of answering Western sanctions by making it harder for Western companies to conduct business in Russia. But all be...
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Elgin assisted-living facilities break groundJul 23, 2014 5:15 am - Two nursing and rehabilitation facilities are being built in Elgin and are expected to open sometime next year. Elgin Memory Care, a nursing and personal care facility a...
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Northwest Community looks to add rehab facilityJul 22, 2014 1:01 am - Northwest Community Healthcare hopes to open a 17-bed rehabilitation facility at its Arlington Heights hospital, officials said. The $3 million project would take up the...
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New CEO named for U of I hospitalJul 21, 2014 1:01 am - A senior adviser to University of Illinois President Robert Easter has been named CEO of the University of Illinois Hospital. The school said in a news release Monday th...
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Companies dropping birth control have to tell workers, U.S. saysJul 20, 2014 7:41 am - Closely held companies that decide to drop insurance coverage of birth control for religious reasons have 60 days to tell their employees after they end the benefits, th...
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Firing fat staff may be discrimination, EU court aide saysJul 20, 2014 7:40 am - Obese workers may be able to sue for work-place discrimination, a legal adviser to the European Union's top court said in a case that could pave the way for the extremel...
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Doctors, nurses relying more on tablets in hospitalsJul 20, 2014 7:32 am - At the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, doctors are just as likely to store iPads in their white coat pockets as stethoscopies. The center's clinicians us...