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Merging hospital systems name leaders
The new Edward-Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare has chosen four leaders from within the two merging hospital systems, officials announced Thursday. Naperville-based Edward Hospital and Health Services and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare are in the process of...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Health Insurance
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Democrats forge $35 billion state budget
— The Democrats who run state government forged an estimated $35 billion spending plan Tuesday that would keep education funding flat, pay for promised state worker raises and cut programs for seniors. As the state budget headed toward approval...
Tags: Interior Policy, Substance Abuse, Tom Cross, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics
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13 insurers want to offer plans on state exchange
Thirteen insurers have submitted plans to offer health insurance on the state exchange, or marketplace where individuals can buy insurance under health care reform, that begins open enrollment in October. The plans must still be certified by the state....
Tags: Substance Abuse, Health Insurance Cost, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Safety at Work, Mental Health
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Immigrant healthcare bills stump House group
WASHINGTON -- Differences over whether immigrants should be deported for failing to have health insurance or pay their healthcare bills have stalled a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, who blew past a self-imposed Thursday deadline as they pressed...Tags: John Boehner, Health Insurance Cost, Republican Party, Politics, Migration
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UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange
Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers. UnitedHealth, the nation'...
Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Cigna Corporation, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Consumers, Medicaid
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House feels the heat on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill. House...
Tags: John Boehner, Health Insurance Cost, Republican Party, Politics, Migration
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If this health plan is 'socialism,' we need more of it
So this is what socialism looks like: Private companies competing for people's business in an open marketplace. Californians got their first glimpse Thursday of what insurers plan to charge for coverage to be offered next year to about 5 million state...
Tags: Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Health Care Reform (2009), Healthcare Provider, Macy's
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WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's...
Tags: Politics, International Organizations, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, Vaccines
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YOUR MONEY-Should you skip Obamacare and keep your old plan?
Reuters(The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are her own.) By Kathleen Kingsbury BOSTON, May 20 (Reuters) - When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, starts rolling out in October, it will overhaul how Americans...Tags: University of Chicago, U.S. Congress, Employment, Career and Workplace, Flu
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UC hospital strikers' numbers to be decided by court
Patient care workers at the University of California's medical centers plan to stage a two-day strike next week, but the number taking part will be decided Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court. A judge is expected to rule on a request for a...Tags: AFSCME, Healthcare Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Strikes
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Thank you, Governor Beshear
Governor Beshear hired outside consultants, listened to health care advocates and hospital officials, did the math, and decided to expand Kentucky’s Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act. More than 300,000 additional Kentuckians will...Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch, Medicaid
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