Articles filed under Health
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VA under fire for proposed disability filing ruleJan 11, 2014 2:51 pm - WASHINGTON — For veterans seeking disability compensation, the application process is supposed to be so easy that a handwritten note on a napkin will initiate a claim or...
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3 more health insurers extend payment deadlinesJan 10, 2014 3:48 pm - Giving Illinois customers more leeway, three more health insurance carriers extended payment deadlines Friday for people who signed up in the December rush for coverage ...
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GOP House targets health care law; 67 Dems join inJan 10, 2014 2:59 pm - WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House voted overwhelmingly Friday to bolt new security requirements onto President Barack Obama’s health care law, with 67 Democrats brea...
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Buffalo Grove to limit medical marijuana dispensers to industrial districtJan 10, 2014 1:00 pm - If Buffalo Grove is chosen as a site to cultivate or dispense medical marijuana, the village is prepared. This week, trustees armed themselves by amending the village's ...
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CGI group said to lose main Obamacare contract to AccentureJan 10, 2014 12:00 pm - CGI Group Inc., the company that built the main Obamacare website, will be replaced next month when its contract with the U.S. federal government expires, a person famil...
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As flu cases rise, hospitals tighten visitor policiesJan 10, 2014 4:30 am - Some area hospitals, seeing an influx of flu patients, are putting stricter visitor policies into place. At Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights, no one under...
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Humana extends payment deadlineJan 09, 2014 1:07 pm - Another health insurance company has extended its payment deadline for people who signed up for coverage last month. Humana spokeswoman Cathryn Donaldson says customers ...
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Advocate doctors named tops by Chicago MagazineJan 09, 2014 8:51 am - Nearly 60 Advocate Health Care physicians are named as Top Docs by Chicago Magazine. in its January edition. The list recognizes physicians across Chicagoland who are no...
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Blue Cross extends payment deadline to Jan. 30Jan 08, 2014 4:08 pm - People who signed up recently for health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois now have until Jan. 30 to pay their first month’s premium and still get covera...
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Newly insured using pricey ERs a test for health careJan 05, 2014 5:22 am - WASHINGTON — Emergency rooms may be a preferred choice for care among 3.9 million people newly enrolled in the Medicaid program for the poor, according to a study that s...