Helping keep dancers on their (healthy) toes
A social service group for performers is trying to increase the number of dancers with health insurance in Chicago.The Actors Fund says nearly one in every three dancers is uninsured. Christina...
View ArticleIllinois joins network to track prescription drug use
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois medicine-monitoring program has joined a national data-sharing network to help prevent prescription drug abuse.The Department of Human Services will link its...
View ArticleFirm wins some relief from birth control mandate
A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois for-profit company to provide its workers with health insurance that covers birth control.Judge Amy St....
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots,...
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Jury awards $12 million to family of man denied medicine in Illinois prison
A Chicago jury awarded $12 million on Friday to the family of a man whose family said he did not get proper medical attention while in a state prison.Ray Fox was in Stateville prison in 2007 when he...
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Misery is ... Chicago (according to Forbes)
'CHICAGO: WE'RE NOT AS MISERABLE AS _______' The city's new travel slogan is ready. Based on Forbes magazine's 2013 rating of "America's Most Miserable Cities," you could fill that blank with the names...
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UIC hosts open forum on transgender health
This month marked a historic first for the trans* community. March boasted the inaugural National Month of Action for Transgender Healthcare, a campaign co-sponsored by groups as diverse as Pride at...
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Prison doctor to inmate: ‘That’s bad. You should have someone look at that.’
When William Jessup got to Vandalia prison he went to the dentist. Jessup says the dentist told him he had two cavities and offered to pull them.Wait..huh?“No, you’re gonna pull my teeth out. Any...
View ArticleFewer Illinoisans get health insurance at work
A new report says the percentage of Illinoisans who get health insurance through work has declined.The report, released Thursday, finds the portion of non-elderly Illinois residents with insurance...
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The story of Dunning, a 'tomb for the living'
For a long time, Chicagoans were scared of Dunning. The very name “Dunning” gave them chills. People were afraid they would end up in that place.Today, the Chicago neighborhood, out on the city’s Far...
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Limbo on Illinois health marketplace disappoints consumer and business advocates
Illinois’ new health insurance marketplace will be run jointly with the federal government for the foreseeable future, which has disappointed consumer advocates.The marketplace, also known as the...
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Conservative conference draws lawmakers, picketers
CHICAGO —More than a thousand conservative lawmakers and business executives from across the nation are gathering in Chicago to craft policy proposals that could be pushed in state capitols next...
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Immigrants face barriers on health care site
More than two months after the Obama administration declared healthcare.gov working “smoothly for the vast majority of users,” immigrants who try to sign up are still encountering serious glitches.On...
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Bear ye one another’s burdens: Chicago Christians share health care costs
Sherri Myers was at a dance class in 2009 when she felt something tear in her leg.The Bolingbrook woman went to the hospital, and soon learned her leg was bleeding internally, and she needed surgery....
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Health care tax rules trip up some immigrants
The deadline’s coming to file tax returns, and aside from the usual headache, this year it’s proving particularly thorny for undocumented immigrants. That’s because, for the first time, there are...
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Chicago-area doctor pleads guilty to $4M Medicare fraud
A physician from Chicago's western suburbs has pleaded guilty to federal charges he cost Medicare ($4 million) by approving unnecessary treatments.Federal prosecutors say Dr. Arthur Davida of...
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Missed Treatment: Soldiers with mental health issues dismissed for 'misconduct'
Staff Sgt. Eric James, an Army sniper who served two tours in Iraq, paused before he walked into a psychiatrist's office at Fort Carson, Colo. It was April 3, 2014. James clicked record on his...
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Obamacare fans out new apps, allies to persuade the uninsured
Ten million people still don't have health insurance two years after the Affordable Care Act went into effect.Some never bought a policy. But 20 percent went to the trouble of signing up...
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New protections for transgender patients are coming
For years, transgender adults have faced discrimination in healthcare so hostile it’s almost laughable. Almost. “A trans-woman broke her arm playing softball,” said Mara Keisling, executive director...
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U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October, exceeding expectations
The Labor Department reported Friday that the U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October, far exceeding expectations. The unemployment rate fell to 5 percent, a new seven-year low.This comes as the...
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