Daschle Will Lead Health Care Overhaul - New York Times

ABC News Daschle Will Lead Health Care Overhaul New York Times, United States - Dec 11, 2008 Mr. Obama, noting that more than 45 million people have no health insurance , said, “The runaway cost of health care is punishing families and businesses ... Video: Obama Selects Daschle for Cabinet Post AssociatedPress Obama, Lawmakers Expanding Health Measures in Stimulus Plan Washington Post Obama: Health care 'part of emergency' Chicago Tribune Los Angeles Times  - AFP all 1,567
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Obama picks leaders of energy team - Reuters

Reuters Obama picks leaders of energy team Reuters - Dec 10, 2008 A big challenge for Obama and Daschle will be extending health insurance coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and determining whether to reshape a ...
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New Poll Warns Daschle, Obama: Mandatory Health Insurance Big ... MarketWatch - 58 minutes ago President-elect Obama opposed policies requiring all Americans to buy private health insurance coverage, the
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Condell to pay $36M fine to settle fraud allegations (Chicago Tribune)

Condell Medical Center in Libertyville will pay a $36 million settlement to government health programs after the hospital said it accepted improper payments from federal health insurance programs for more than five years, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago said Monday.
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Condell Medical Center in Libertyville will pay a $36 million settlement to government health programs after the hospital said it accepted improper payments from federal health insurance
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Study Shows Race, Health Insurance Status Affect Outcome of Trauma ... - Kaiser network.org

Study Shows Race, Health Insurance Status Affect Outcome of Trauma ... Kaiser network.org, DC - 11 minutes ago The data encompass patient records from 700 hospitals across the nation (Thomas, Chicago Sun-Times , 10/21). Researchers found that when compared with ...
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The issues: Health care on life support? River Forest Leaves, IL - 6 hours ago The cost of providing family health insurance in Illinois is now hovering at
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Durbin, suburban doctor vie for US Senate seat - Chicago Tribune

Durbin, suburban doctor vie for US Senate seat Chicago Tribune, United States - 17 hours ago Durbin, criticized for his partisanship in the Senate, touts bipartisan support for his legislation to make health insurance more affordable for small ...
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Wall Street Journal Blogs Lincoln Park Hospital seeks buyer Chicago Tribune, United States - 8 hours ago •Many of its patients are insured by the state Medicaid health insurance program for the poor.
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Court denies Ill. governor health care expansion (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration doesn't know who it's signed up for an enlarged health insurance program, how much money in premiums it's collected or even where that money is, according to a court ruling Friday that blocked the program's expansion.
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Q&A with Kirk Chicago Daily Herald, IL - 19 hours ago Third, as jobs become more portable, so should access to health insurance . I cosponsored the Health Insurance for
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Esquire chief hardly bound by past - Chicago Tribune

Esquire chief hardly bound by past Chicago Tribune, United States - 10 hours ago Volunteers accepted for the buyout would get a year of health insurance in addition to the severance pay and re-hire provisions in the guild's contract. ...
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2 Americas, a world apart Chicago Tribune, United States - 6 hours ago Americans in St. Paul worry about rising taxes and swelling welfare rolls; in Denver, they worry about global warming
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Michelle Obama's Hospital Shuns Uninsured Poor People - NewsBusters

Michelle Obama's Hospital Shuns Uninsured Poor People NewsBusters - 18 hours ago It is simply a way for the University of Chicago Medical Center to save money and reduce costs by serving fewer poor people without health insurance . ... U. of C. shunning poor patients? Chicago Sun-Times Obama's wife tied to steering patients elsewhere Chicago Tribune all 27 news articles
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All-Kids sign-up yielding benefits Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 6 hours
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Gov plans to extend age for health coverage (Chicago Sun-Times)

Gov. Blagojevich said Wednesday he's using his amendatory veto power to rewrite a House bill so that young adults can stay on their parents' health insurance plans until they're 26. Military veterans would be able to keep their coverage until they're 30.
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Obama partisans block Clinton faction bid to end caucuses Chicago Tribune, United States - Aug 9, 2008 One of the defining policy differences he
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Trading in oil helps heat up profit at ICE - Chicago Tribune

Trading in oil helps heat up profit at ICE Chicago Tribune, United States - 8 hours ago "Humana's second quarter continues the strong results we've seen relative to expectations for every company" in health insurance for the second quarter, ...
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Insurers tap into patients' drug records DetNews.com, MI - 9 hours ago That is why having access to an "objective" source of third-party information is valuable, said Tia Goss Sawhney, a Chicago
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