Category: Top Stories

Cook County Board approves more control over Cook County Health

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 28, 2020 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0

The Cook County Board of Commissioners signed off Thursday on a plan that will give them greater oversight over Cook County Health.

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Report: Hospitals provide more than $100 billion to Illinois economy

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 28, 2020 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0

Illinois’ hospitals and health systems generate more than $100 billion for the state’s economy, according to a report released Thursday by the Illinois Health and Hospital Association.

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Raoul, 26 attorneys general request tighter federal enforcement guidance on e-cigarettes

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 28, 2020 | Federal Government, Top Stories, Vaping | 0

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined more than two dozen of his colleagues to request the Food and Drug Administration strengthen its guidance on how it will enforce regulations on e-cigarette products.

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On the record with Drew Altman, CEO, Kaiser Family Foundation

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 28, 2020 | HNI Stories, On The Record, Top Stories | 0

Healthcare is shaping up to be a top issue in the 2020 election. To learn more about what that means, Health News Illinois caught up with Kaiser Family Foundation CEO Drew Altman. Altman has led the foundation since the early 1990s. Before that, he was the commissioner of the Department of Human Services for former […]

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Evans raises concerns over south side Chicago hospital merger

by Ryan Voyles | Feb 27, 2020 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0

A Chicago-based lawmaker is raising concerns that a proposed merger of four south side safety-net hospitals would result in two major health systems - Advocate Aurora Health and Trinity Health - pulling out of the community.

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