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Quinn says Illinois can now go forward with health care plans
Chicago Tribune reports: Gov. Pat Quinn today said the Supreme Court's ruling clears the way for Illinois to move forward with plans to expand health care, saying 1.5 million people who don't have coverage will qualify for insurance beginning Jan. 1, 2014. "What we...
Quinn applauds Supreme Court health care ruling
Chicago Business News reports: June 28, 2012 (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday hailed the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding key provisions of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, and said he now will look to the state Legislature to pass a law...
Illinois scrambles to implement health care reform
My Fox Chicago reports: Here in the President's home state, many top officials expected the High Court to overturn his health care plan. They're now scrambling to enact legislation needed to implement Obamacare, but Illinois will miss an important mid-November...
No more wait-and-see for employers
Benefits Pro reports: Employers have been in wait-and-see mode pending the Supreme Court decision on health care reform legislation. If the court had overturned it, several mandates would have been scrapped for employers. Now they will need to quickly turn their...
The Individual Mandate Survives As A Tax, Justices Find Fault With Medicaid Expansion
Kiser Health News reports: In the end, according to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Affordable Care Act survives "largely unscathed." Kaiser Health News has the text of the court's decision. You can also watch a replay of Kaiser Health News' live video...
Latest Illinois news, sports, business and entertainment
Chicago Tribune reports: APNewsBreak: Ill. not ready for 'Obamacare' target CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois Democrat who has led work on implementing a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul now says the state won't be ready to run its own insurance...
After SCOTUS Ruling, Small-Ball Health Care Reform is the Way to Go
Townhall.com reports: No matter what the Supreme Court decides tomorrow, Congress will have to revisit Obamacare’s fundamentally flawed structure. But instead of trying to solve all of our health care woes at a single stroke, Congress should carefully examine what...
Blue Cross won’t issue rebates to customers
Crain's reports: "Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois won't be handing out rebates to its customers because it has met new medical spending rules, a spokesman for the state's largest health insurer said. On Thursday, the Obama administration announced that about...
Health insurance rebates to total $62 million in Illinois
Chicago Health Care Daily reports: "About 163,000 families in Illinois will receive health insurance rebates that average $380 as a result of the federal overhaul of health care, the Obama administration announced Thursday, days before the U.S. Supreme Court is...
Humana Inc. : Humana to Voluntarily Preserve Key Health Care Reform Protections
4-Traders reports: With a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act - also known as the federal health care reform law - expected later this month, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) issued the following statement: Humana has long said that all Americans deserve...