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340B program: Hospital discount drug reform bill awaits Pritzker's approval
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (111+ words) wandtv.com 340B program: Hospital discount drug reform bill awaits Pritzker's approval The 340B drug pricing program was created in 1992 to improve access to care at safety-net hospitals and clinics. Pilot seriously injured in aircraft crash in rural Champaign County Lettuce at…...
Get Covered Illinois extends deadline to enroll in health insurance
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (75+ words) (WAND) - Get Covered Illinois announced it is giving residents another 16 days to enroll in health insurance through the state’s official marketplace. Customers now have until January 31 to apply for and enroll in coverage. Transgender teen athlete in a Supreme Court…...
Kroger launches new program offering 20% off fresh produce
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (104+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Millions of Americans suffer from food insecurity, or the inability to obtain enough food. Benny Phillips named new Head Football Coach at Eisenhower High School Man killed in Springfield shooting identified No one injured in Springfield house fire…...
Get Covered Illinois extends first open enrollment deadline
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (87+ words) (WAND) - Get Covered Illinois announced Illinois residents now have until December 31 to enroll in health insurance coverage that starts January 1. This year marks Get Covered Illinois’ first Open Enrollment Period operating a state-based marketplace independent of the federally run HealthCare....
HFS announces new IL Medicaid coverage for home visiting services for pregnant, parenting
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (77+ words) (WAND) - The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is launching new coverage for home visiting services for pregnant and parenting Medicaid customers. The new coverage became effective Nov. 21. Search underway for suspect after man shot in Decatur Historic Powers…...
Affordable part of the ACA is no longer affordable for many Americans
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (206+ words) ACA increases are coming as Congress failed to extend pandemic-era subsidies. Forcing premiums up and sending insurance providers fleeing the marketplace. Petersburg, Ill (WAND) – When Todd Fliss, 64, opened a notice about his Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance premiums, he…...
Pfizer agrees to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid in a deal with Trump
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (843+ words) Trump made the announcement at the White House alongside Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla just hours ahead of a possible government shutdown in a partisan standoff over health care and spending. Pfizer Inc., one of the largest U.S. drugmakers, produces the COVID…...
Federal budget cuts will hurt local hospitals
1+ year, 1+ week ago (239+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Senator Dick Durbin told WAND News that hospitals, medical facilities and nursing homes will be hurt financially by Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s budget bill signed into law July 4. “I’m not going to name names,” Durbin stated....