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Life Spine charged in alleged kickback schemeJul 25, 2019 2:48 PM - Life Spine, a Huntley-based manufacturer of medical devices and equipment used in spinal and joint surgeries is facing federal fraud charges in New York for allegedly providing kickbacks to doctors who used their products.
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Fact check: Is Trump cutting Medicare to give tax breaks to billionaires?
Jul 24, 2019 10:48 AM - A new Democratic attack ad offers this Four Pinocchio whopper.
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Elgin's Ecker Center for Mental Health names new CEO
Jul 24, 2019 2:33 PM - Elgin's Ecker Center for Mental Health and its board of directors are pleased to announce that Dr. Daphne Sandouka has been appointed as chief executive officer. -
Bloomingdale could become latest town to ban recreational cannabis salesJul 23, 2019 2:33 PM - Bloomingdale leaders are making it clear that they don't want recreational cannabis sold in the village.
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Roskam on being in the private sector: 'The season for me in public life, I think, has come to a close'
Jul 23, 2019 3:45 PM - In his old job as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 6th Congressional District, Republican Peter Roskam worked on health care, trade and tax matters. In his new job as a partner in the Government Strategies group at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, Roskam says he'll again work on health care, trade and tax matters -- just from a different perspective. -
A hospital said a woman's heart surgery went well. Then she bled to death into a garbage can, lawsuit claims.
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Health agencies refusing $8 million in federal money because of new, 'unethical' rules
Jul 20, 2019 7:36 PM - All three Illinois organizations set to receive millions of dollars in federal family planning funds are declining them due to new rules they say are "unethical" and are keeping money "hostage" from impoverished patients. -
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Biden Doubles Down On Obamacare
Jul 18, 2019 2:46 PM - [protected-iframe id="c5ee41bdef0db514ef56c8a7c8e9f6c9" /] Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. [khn_slabs slabs="821957"] [khn_slabs slabs="821954"] [khn_slabs slabs="856478"] [khn_slabs slabs="821984"] Former Vice President Joe Biden has said if he’s elected president he would build on the Affordable Care Act rather than move to a whole new health care system, such as the “Medicare for All” plan supported by some of his primary opponents for the Democratic nomination. But his campaign’s new health plan would include many things Congress tried and failed to pass as part of the health law, including a government-run “public option” plan that would be widely available.Meanwhile, the U.S. House voted to repeal one of the ACA’s key financing mechanisms, voting overwhelmingly to cancel the so-called “Cadillac tax,” which was set to take effect in 2022. It is a 40% excise tax on the most generous employer-provided health plans.And it was not a good week for Planned Parenthood. The women’s health provider parted ways with its president of less than a year, Leana Wen. And the Trump administration announced it would begin enforcement of new rules for the federal family planning program that Planned Parenthood said will force it to stop participating.This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner from Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Margo Sanger-Katz of The New York Times.Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast: Biden’s health proposal seeks to lower out-of-pocket costs for many people in several ways. For example, it would make federal premium help available to all who buy their own insurance, not just those with low and middle incomes. It would also change how federal premium subsidies are determined. It would base the assistance on the cost of a gold plan, rather than the current practice of using the second lowest priced silver plan. Since gold plans are more generous, using that standard could lower the amount of deductibles and copayments people getting subsidies have to pay. The ACA’s Cadillac tax has been strongly endorsed by health economists, who view it as a way to cut the amount of unnecessary care some people with generous plans seek. But many employers, consumers and labor unions don’t want to tinker with the current tax system of job-based insurance. The administration’s decision to go forward with its new rules for the Title X family planning program - while critics are challenging those regulations in the courts - will have a significant effect on Planned Parenthood’s finances. But the group gets even more government money through the Medicaid program. Despite two setbacks last week in the administration’s efforts to reduce drug prices, President Donald Trump is continuing to hint that he wants to go forward with a plan to tie some Medicare drug prices to what people in other countries pay for the medications. Federal officials have announced that opioid deaths have declined, but it is not clear that opioid overdoses or addiction has declined. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read too:Julie Rovner: The New York Times’s “ Where Roe v Wade Matters Most,” by Quoctrung Bui, Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz.Joanne Kenen: Scientific American’s “ Why Doctors Are Drowning in Medical School Debt,” by Daniel Barron.Margot Sanger-Katz: Bloomberg News’ “ Deadly Disease Is Treatable, But Newborn Screening Patchwork Leaves Many Vulnerable,” by Michelle Cortez.Kimberly Leonard: The Washingtonian’s “ DC Types Have Been Flocking to Shrinks Ever Since Trump Won. And a Lot of the Therapists Are Miserable,” by Britt Peterson.To hear all our podcasts, click here.And subscribe to What the Health? on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or Pocket Casts.
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Walgreens honored for training, job readiness programs
Jul 18, 2019 9:14 AM - For the trird consecutive year, Walgreens has been recognized with the top-score of 100 percent on the 2019 Disability Equality Index, a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to disability inclusion and workplace equality. -
Construction Begins on New Cook County Health Center
Jul 18, 2019 7:21 AM - On Tuesday, July 16, Cook County Health (CCH) broke ground on a new $12 million state-of-the-art health center in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood of Chicago.
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