U.S. Treasury moves against corporate inversion deals
The Obama administration on Monday issued a string of new rules that seek to crack down on U.S. companies that seek to cut their tax bills by moving their addresses...
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Land of Lincoln Health to shuffle leadership
Land of Lincoln Health, the startup insurer funded in part by a $160 million federal loan, is shuffling its leadership team ahead of the start of open enrollment in the...
Horizon Pharma defies lawmakers, moves to Ireland
Despite growing criticism from lawmakers in Washington, a Deerfield drugmaker on Friday officially planted its corporate flag in Ireland, a move designed in part to lower its tax bill. Horizon...
State’s peers offer lessons in building Obamacare exchange
There are benefits to going second. If Illinois opts to build its own health insurance exchange, it will be able to draw on the experiences of several other states, which...
Clock ticking for Illinois to form state-run Obamacare exchange
Unless Illinois acts quickly, it will leave hundreds of millions of federal dollars on the table that would go toward building its own health insurance marketplace, potentially upping the cost...
New Walgreen holding company to be incorporated in Delaware
Walgreens is not headed to Europe. But it is going to Delaware. The nation's largest drugstore chain, following in the footsteps of more than half of the nation's publicly traded...
115,000 to lose health insurance on missed Obamacare deadline
About 115,000 people, including 4,000 in Illinois, will lose their health insurance at the end of the month because they missed a deadline to prove they are legally in the...
U. of I. nurses extend contract to continue talks on new pact
The University of Illinois Hospital and its unionized nurses have agreed to extend their labor contract for a second time in as many months because the two sides have been...
Advocate Health Care and NorthShore to merge
Two of Chicago's largest hospital systems on Thursday approved plans to combine, creating a 16-hospital, $6.8 billion system that promises to change the competitive landscape of health care in the...
Abbott plans $3 billion share buyback
Abbott Laboratories on Thursday authorized a $3 billion share buyback plan aimed at boosting returns for shareholders. The Lake County based health care company, which in the past has been...