Articles filed under Health
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Congress at crossroads after another GOP health care failureSep 27, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is at a crossroads after Republicans' stinging failure to repeal Barack Obama's health care law. But what's next - more partisan conflict, or ...
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Cancer survivor, doctor to climb Mount Kilimanjaro togetherSep 27, 2017 1:00 am - As a survivor of pancreatic cancer, Ken Brown believes that with the help of his doctor he's already climbed the highest mountain he'll ever encounter. Now, Brown and Dr...
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The GOP Repeal Bill Is Imploding. Here Are 5 Things Left Hanging On Obamacare.Sep 26, 2017 7:00 am - Republicans officially pulled the plug on their last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday. “We don’t have the votes,” said Sen. Bi...
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Sen. Collins Announces Opposition To GOP Bill To Replace ObamacareSep 25, 2017 7:00 am - Even a partial report from the Congressional Budget Office was enough to apparently tip the scales against the latest Republican effort to overhaul the Affordable Care A...
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Heroin, opioid detox just the start of recovery, not the cureSep 25, 2017 5:30 am - For all the benefits of making medically monitored detox more readily available, the process means nothing if the patient leaves and takes a pill, snorts a line or shoot...
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New version of health-care bill will help Alaska, Maine - home of two holdout senatorsSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The floundering Republican attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act met hardening resistance from key GOP senators Sunday that left it on the verge of collap...
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Constable: Camp One Step still saving two-time cancer survivorSep 24, 2017 8:00 am - The rhythmic rumble of a rushing L train clatters outside her kitchen window every few minutes. Colleen McGrath doesn't stop talking. She doesn't raise her voice. She ju...
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Demand for detox in suburban hospitals rises as opioid crisis worsensSep 23, 2017 1:00 am - In one wing of the fifth floor of Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the hand sanitizer dispensers are in the hall instead of inside each room. ...
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Sunday Hours: Obamacare Website To Be Shut Down For Portion of Most WeekendsSep 22, 2017 7:00 am - The Trump administration plans to shut down the federal health insurance exchange for 12 hours during all but one Sunday in the upcoming open enrollment season. The shut...
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GOP health bill all but dead; McCain again deals the blowSep 22, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare," dealing a likely death blow to the legisla...