Articles filed under Health
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Food stamp outreach boosting Illinois MedicaidNov 11, 2013 3:15 pm - Although only a few hundred middle-class Illinois residents were able to sign up for health insurance last month on the crippled federal HealthCare.gov website, the poor...
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Health law’s troubles give GOP a much-needed boostNov 10, 2013 3:12 pm - WASHINGTON — The health care law’s seemingly endless problems are giving congressional Republicans a much-needed boost of energy, helping them to move past the governmen...
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Hollywood targeted to give health care law a boostNov 10, 2013 6:03 am - LOS ANGELES — The health care overhaul might get a Hollywood rewrite. The California Endowment, a private foundation that is spending millions to promote President Barac...
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Health law clock is ticking for sickest patientsNov 10, 2013 5:57 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — With federal and state online health care marketplaces experiencing glitches a month into implementation, concern is mounting for a vulnerable group of ...
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Schaumburg man gets gift of life with new liverNov 09, 2013 10:00 pm - Lifelong Schaumburg resident Freddie Martinez kicked his alcoholism 13 years ago and has remained sober ever since. But one last great battle awaited him as the cirrhosi...
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Alzheimer’s facility coming to Arlington Hts.Nov 08, 2013 5:44 pm - A live-in facility for people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia will be built in Arlington Heights next year, the village board approved this week. Autumn Leaves Mem...
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Judge upholds construction of Huntley hospitalNov 08, 2013 5:00 pm - A Will County judge on Friday upheld a state panel's decision to let Centegra Health System build a hospital in Huntley. The ruling ends a lawsuit a pair of Centegra ri...
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Few options for Obama to fix insurance cancellationsNov 08, 2013 4:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he’ll do everything he can to help people coping with health insurance cancellations, but legally and practically his options ap...
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Learn about Affordable Care ActNov 08, 2013 9:29 am - The public can learn about the Affordable Care Act at two events Wednesday, Nov. 13, which has been designated Enroll Lake County! Day by the Lake County Health Departme...
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Mental health coverage expanded to most health plans in U.S.Nov 08, 2013 6:59 am - Insurers will be required to cover treatment for mental illness in the same manner they provide care for physical health, as part of new long-awaited rules being release...