Wes Venteicher

Angela Powell, oficial de una correccional explicar lo importante que es ser reasignada a labores adecuadas durante el embarazo.

Guardias de prisión embarazadas afirman que California las obliga a elegir: sus trabajos o sus bebés

May 15, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

La agente correccional Sarah Coogle estaba embarazada de siete meses cuando sonó una alarma durante su turno en una prisión estatal de California en Tehachapi. Coogle corrió hacia el zumbido...

Federal judge orders Rauner to keep Medicaid money flowing in Cook County

August 19, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Another pressure point in the Springfield stalemate was relieved Thursday when a federal judge ruled that payments owed to many Cook County health care providers who serve the poor must...

Home health agencies get star ratings from Medicare

August 19, 2019 at 1:03 a.m.

A new five-star rating system for home health agencies gives Illinois consumers a chance to see how nearly 700 agencies in the state perform at helping patients regain mobility, stay...

Insurance navigator Will Wilson, center, talks with Anthony Berrios and April Berry about what Obamacare plans they qualify for at the Get Covered Illinois table Feb. 13, 2015, at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.

Illinois slashes Obamacare outreach staff

August 19, 2019 at 12:59 a.m.

Get Covered Illinois, the organization created to promote health insurance sold under the federal Affordable Care Act, said Wednesday it is eliminating most of its staff in a move the...

Alyson Nelson holds her three-month-old daughter at their home in Lincoln Park on June 17, 2015. Nelson is fighting a $20 copayment for visiting a lactation consultant on the grounds that the federal health law requires insurers to pay the full cost.

Nursing moms fight for insurance coverage of breast-feeding benefits

August 19, 2019 at 12:56 a.m.

When nursing becomes painful or difficult in the days after giving birth, women can turn to certified lactation consultants for advice and relief. But some Illinois women say that when...

Kathleen Duffy, of Chicago, receives cancer treatment on June 19, 2015. If the high court ruling had disqualified her federal subsidy, her cost for health insurance premiums would have nearly tripled.

Court’s Obamacare decision keeps subsidies flowing to 232,000 in Illinois

May 23, 2019 at 1:14 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court's new Obamacare ruling means Kathleen Duffy of Chicago can keep paying $108 per month for the health insurance that covers the treatment she's receiving for cancer...

Martin Kenig, 55, of Vernon Hills, talks about his visit to a HealthFair vehicle, which is parked behind him in the parking lot of a Walgreens in Skokie on Monday, June 8, 2015.

Experts question value of heart tests sold as potential life-savers

August 19, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

In churches, community centers and businesses around Chicago, two national companies are setting up portable equipment and inviting people to buy cardiovascular tests that they say can help prevent strokes...

Retired players Stan Mikita, from left, Denis Savard and Bobby Hull share a laugh during the opening ceremonies of the Blackhawks Convention at the Hilton Chicago in 2013.

What is Lewy body disease? Stan Mikita’s plight highlights condition

August 19, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

The recent diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies for Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita has cast a rare light on a disease about which little is known, despite its rank...

In a March hearing, the Supreme Court's four liberal justices appeared to support the Obama administration's argument that the Affordable Care Act was intended to make health insurance subsidies available nationwide, but it was unclear whether a fifth judge would support the administration's view.

What will Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling mean for Illinois?

August 19, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

At stake in a U.S. Supreme Court decision expected this month are federal subsidies that help more than 200,000 Illinoisans pay for health insurance. If the court eliminates the subsidies,...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Coventry Health Care and Assurant Health have proposed the largest rate increases in the state for 2016, the third year plans will be sold through the online marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act.

Some steep increases in health premiums expected in Illinois in 2016

May 23, 2019 at 1:05 a.m.

Health insurance premiums could rise more than 30 percent next year for some people in Illinois who have bought individual plans, a hefty increase that insurers say is driven by...

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