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As federal health tax credits end, Chicago-area leaders warn about costs to Cook County and Illinois hospitals
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (667+ words) With health care subsidies expiring in the new year, Cook County Health officials and political leaders on Wednesday warned the impact will not only hurt millions of Americans but also affect the county's bottom line and hospitals around the state....
As ACA subsidies end, St. John family sees costs go up
21+ hour, 43+ min ago (1143+ words) Eleanor Walsh and her husband will see an increase of approximately $14,300 in their health insurance in 2026 as the Affordable Care Act subsidies sunset. Walsh, who lives in St. John, said in 2025 they paid approximately $9,100 for health insurance, and in 2026 it…...
Cae confianza del consumidor en EEUU en medio de ansiedad por inflación y aranceles
1+ week, 1+ day ago (371+ words) El Conference Board inform" el martes que su "ndice de confianza del consumidor cay" 3,8 puntos a 89,1 en diciembre desde la lectura revisada al alza de 92,9 en noviembre. Eso est" cerca de la lectura de 85,7 de abril, cuando Trump implement" sus…...
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
1+ week, 1+ day ago (206+ words) WASHINGTON " Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services. But…...
Medicaid pagó más de $207 millones por personas fallecidas; nueva ley podría solucionarlo
1+ week, 1+ day ago (343+ words) Por FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) " Programas de Medicaid realizaron m's de 200 millones de d'lares en pagos indebidos a proveedores de atenci'n m'dica entre 2021 y 2022 para personas que ya hab'an fallecido, seg'n un nuevo informe del organismo de control independiente del…...
Editorial: Another steep homeowners insurance rate hike from Allstate. How should Springfield react?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (515+ words) Oh, for the days when insurance rate hikes simply matched inflation. A few months after State Farm shocked Illinoisans and angered Gov. JB Pritzker with a 27% average rate increase for homeowners insurance, Allstate now will raise average homeowners rates for…...
Johnson & Johnson deberá pagar 65,5 millones de dólares a mujer con cáncer que usó talco
1+ week, 5+ day ago (223+ words) El jurado determin" que la demandante, Anna Jean Houghton Carley, de 37 a'os, debe ser compensada por Johnson & Johnson luego de usar su talco para beb's durante su infancia y posteriormente desarrollar mesotelioma, un c'ncer agresivo causado principalmente por la exposici…...
Trump anuncia acuerdos con nueve farmacéuticas para reducir precios de medicamentos
1+ week, 5+ day ago (661+ words) El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, anunci" el viernes que nueve fabricantes de medicamentos han acordado reducir el costo de sus medicamentos de receta en Estados Unidos. Las compa'as farmac'uticas Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck,…...
Advocates hope newly passed bill will inspire more Illinois therapists to take private health insurance
3+ week, 2+ day ago (880+ words) Carey Carlock never imagined she'd have so much trouble finding a therapist for her teenage child. She was a hospital CEO, on the board of a prominent local mental health organization and well connected. Yet the Oak Park mother couldn't…...
Terry Savage: How income can affect Medicare premiums
3+ week, 2+ day ago (767+ words) Every senior on Medicare should be intimately familiar with IRMAA " the initials that stand for Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount. It's the amount by which your Medicare Part B and Part D premiums increase each year, based on your recent…...