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by Josh Kalven
3:34pm
Thu Nov 19, 2009

IL-GOV: The Midge Factor

Election 2010

A new video from the Dan Hynes campaign has been making the rounds online today. It splices together some footage from yesterday's Campaign for Better Health Care forum in which Gov. Pat Quinn appears a bit tired and distracted as Illinois resident Midge Hough recalls the ...

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by Adam Doster
4:32pm
Tue Nov 17, 2009
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Small Business Owners Stand Up To Giant Insurance Lobby

Congress

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) kicked off its annual conference in Chicago this morning and health care reform is sure to be a major topic of discussion. Just over two weeks ago, AHIP CEO Karen Ignagni said her organization -- the nation's top health insurance ...

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by Adam Doster
4:22pm
Tue Oct 6, 2009
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A State-Based Public Option?

Health Care

While progressive lawmakers in Washington are still optimistic that the public option will ultimately be included in the final health care bill approved by Congress, the prospects for a robust government-run plan in the Senate version are looking dim. Last week, two ...

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by Adam Doster
9:59am
Tue Sep 29, 2009

Health Care Round-Up: Young People Demand Reform, Schakowsky Optimistic About Public Option, Public Opinion Swings In September

Congress

Here is the latest news from the health care reform battle -- both in D.C. and here in Illinois. Young People Demand Reform Republicans looking to downplay the health care crisis in America often portray the population of uninsured young people as a collection of ...

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by Angela Caputo
3:05pm
Tue Sep 22, 2009
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Health Care Reform Comes To Blue Cross' Front Door

Health Care

The private health insurance industry has gone to great lengths -- and spent big bucks -- to put a stranglehold on the health care reform debate. By the nonprofit watchdog Public Campaign Action Fund's count, insurance companies and HMOs have spent nearly $700,000 per day ...

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by Progress Illinois
10:24am
Wed Aug 19, 2009

Health Care Roundup: WH Says "Nothing Has Changed," Zorn On The "Bulging Brown Wallet"

Jan Schakowsky

The latest news from the health care battlefield ... Schakowsky: "Nothing Has Changed" On Public Option In our round-up on Monday, we noted what appeared to be hints -- albeit not new ones -- that the White House is not wedded to including a public ...

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by Angela Caputo
10:20am
Thu Jul 23, 2009

Duffett On The Health Care Playing Field: "The HHS Chief Doesn't Make $15 Million"

Health Care

If there's one talking point that special-interest groups have overused in defense of maintaining the status quo in the health care system, it's that private insurers will have a difficult time competing with a publicly-administered insurance plan. On WTTW's Chicago ...

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by Adam Doster
10:00am
Fri Jun 5, 2009

The GOP's Managed Care "Snake Oil"

Health Care

Under constitutional obligation to close the state's still-enormous budget hole, but reluctant to endorse any proposal with a tax increase, Illinois Republicans are trying to drum up support for another plan they argue is a prudent deficit reduction strategy: Medicaid ...

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by Angela Caputo
12:31pm
Tue May 5, 2009
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Health Care Advocates Rally Schock

Aaron Schock

Today on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats are holding hearings and beginning to hammer out legislation for comprehensive health care reform, a highly-anticipated debate that's expected to dominate the floor this summer. But for months, a broad coalition of proponents ...