Articles filed under Health
-
Seven Good Shepherd doctors named top in regionJan 13, 2014 2:31 pm - Seven physicians from Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Lake Barrington were recognized among Chicago’s 2014 “Top Doctors” in the January issue of Chicago Magazine. ...
-
Health care website frustrates Spanish speakersJan 12, 2014 9:12 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — People around the nation who are trying to navigate the Spanish version of the federal health care website have discovered their own set of difficult...
-
Growing number of seniors caring for other seniorsJan 12, 2014 6:04 am - NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Paul Gregoline lies in bed, awaiting the helper who will get him up, bathed and groomed. He is 92 years old, has Alzheimer’s disease and needs a hand...
-
4 questions to ask before next health overhaul deadlineJan 12, 2014 5:22 am - More than 2 million Americans met the health care overhaul’s deadline last month to sign up for insurance coverage that started Jan. 1. But the enrollment window hasn’t ...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
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...