A third Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized from a vaping-related illness, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Thursday afternoon.
Illinois saw an increase in the number and rate of uninsured children between 2016 and 2018, according to a new report from Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
The House signed off on a plan to allow MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island to be repurposed as a freestanding emergency department.
The House narrowly approved legislation intended to phase out ethylene oxide emissions in certain parts of the state.
Gov. JB Pritzker's veto of a bill limiting the governor's ability to seek federal healthcare waivers was upheld Wednesday after a motion to override the veto failed to get the necessary 36 yes votes.
The Senate approved a plan Tuesday that would add electronic cigarettes to an existing law that prohibits smoking indoors in public places.
The Senate has signed off on a proposal to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin.
MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island could get a new life under a proposal unanimously approved Tuesday by a House committee.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) has launched education and outreach efforts aimed at removing barriers to health insurance enrollment in advance of the November 1st opening of the Individual Insurance Marketplace.
NowPow is adding the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago to its growing network, according to a Monday statement.
Most Illinoisans will pay less next year for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act’s exchange.
A Senate committee has approved a plan to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs.
A House committee went forward Monday with one of two proposals to place tighter restrictions on ethylene oxide emissions in Illinois.
The state fined 27 nursing homes a total of $752,200 during the third quarter of the year.
A spokesman for Sinai Health System said last week that a reduction in services at Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago does not mean the facility will be closing.
Ethylene oxide emissions, insulin costs and a ban on flavored tobacco products are a few of the healthcare-related bills expected to come before lawmakers as they return to Springfield Monday for the fall veto session.
