Articles filed under Health
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DuPage Medical Group acquires Meridian Medical AssociatesOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - DuPage Medical Group has completed the acquisition of Meridian Medical Associates S.C. & Midwest Hospitalists, LLC. DMG announced plans to acquire Merid...
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U-46 high schools go pink for breast cancer awarenessOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - Larkin and South Elgin high schools are going pink this month to raise awareness about breast cancer. Events are planned throughout this month for Breast Cancer Awarenes...
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Third Affordable Care Act sign-up period to focus on 10.5 million uninsured AmericansSep 27, 2015 7:42 am - WASHINGTON - As a third open enrollment season nears under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration plans to focus on 10.5 million uninsured Americans, trying t...
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The one thing you need to know about Clinton's war on high drug pricesSep 27, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON - It's almost an afterthought, but the last two bullet points dangling at the end of Hillary Rodham Clinton's manifesto against high drug prices are its linch...
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Drug's pricing proves a defining moment in modern health careSep 27, 2015 7:34 am - Martin Shkreli is health care's Gordon Gekko, its wolf of Wall Street, the symbol of all that makes people uneasy about an industry that seeks to make money by selling t...
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Health plan deductibles are growing seven times as fast as wagesSep 27, 2015 7:32 am - WASHINGTON - As head of human resources for a Minnesota company with 1,600 employees that manufactures equipment for the mining industry, Scott Arndt saw the writing on ...
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The successful Internet shaming of 'pharma bro' Martin ShkreliSep 26, 2015 7:31 am - Online shaming is frequently in the news these days, typically for the very worst reasons: ruined lives, lost jobs, frothing mobs in a frenzy to steamroll the subject of...
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Proportion of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2014Sep 20, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — The proportion of Americans who lack health insurance fell markedly last year, according to new federal figures that provide the strongest evidence to date ...
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Unraveling how HealthCare.gov went so, so wrongSep 19, 2015 7:40 am - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspector general has issued a new report on what went wrong with the federal health insurance exchanges. Or rather, one t...
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Target to offer health-tracking Fitbits to 335,000 employeesSep 19, 2015 7:36 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Retail giant Target will offer activity trackers from Fitbit to its 335,000 U.S. employees, becoming the latest firm looking to the inexpensive wearable ...