Articles filed under Health
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Advocate names Sherman's Floyd president of Lutheran GeneralDec 03, 2013 9:00 am - Advocate Health Care has named Richard Floyd the new president of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Floyd has served as president...
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Obama declares health care law is workingDec 03, 2013 6:01 am - WASHINGTON — Seeking to regroup from his health care law’s disastrous rollout, President Barack Obama on Tuesday insisted that the sweeping overhaul is working and warne...
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Health website corrupting infoDec 02, 2013 8:28 pm - WASHINGTON — The enrollment records for a significant portion of the Americans who have chosen health plans through the online federal insurance marketplace contain erro...
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Health website users see uneven outcomesDec 01, 2013 9:52 pm - The Obama administration has says the troubled healthcare.gov website largely functions smoothly now. Those paid to help enroll Americans in Obamacare remain doubtful. F...
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White House: On track for health care website goalDec 01, 2013 3:50 am - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it will meet its self-imposed deadline of fixing the troubled health care website so that 50,000 people can log in at the same...
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IRS could determine if Affordable Care Act succeedsNov 30, 2013 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The success of the Affordable Care Act could ultimately turn on the performance of an agency that has so far eluded the public spotlight amid the program's ...
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Abbott recalls blood glucose test stripsNov 29, 2013 8:47 am - Libertyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories is recalling some of its FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite blood glucose test strips because they could produce incorrect read...
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Health law business insurance site delayed 1 yearNov 27, 2013 2:59 pm - The Obama administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law, putting off until next November the launch of an online portal to the health insurance ma...
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Court to take up health law dispute over birth controlNov 26, 2013 10:51 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama’s health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections t...
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Drugmaker warns on morning-after pill effectiveness in larger womenNov 26, 2013 9:16 am - PARIS — A French contraceptive maker said Tuesday its morning-after pill is ineffective when taken by women who weigh more than 176 pounds. The decision by HRA Pharma fo...