Articles filed under Health
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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 ...
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NCH stroke program earns awardSep 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Healthcare has received the 2015 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achieveme...
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The crazy reason it costs $14,000 to treat a snakebite with $14 medicineSep 13, 2015 7:34 am - Every once in awhile somebody will go and get themselves bitten by a venomous snake, and come home with an outrageous hospital bill that makes headlines. Nobody expects ...
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First West Nile case reported in DuPage CountySep 10, 2015 1:00 am - Daily Herald report A Carol Stream woman is the first person to be treated for West Nile virus this year in DuPage County, health department officials said Thursday. Th...
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Schaumburg business community focuses on counselingSep 08, 2015 1:00 am - Members of the Illinois Counseling Association Foundation spoke to the Schaumburg Business Association Tuesday about meeting the challenge of providing social programs f...