Tribune: Hearings Into Large Scale Fraud
From the Chicago Tribune Political Reporter Monique Garcia 7:45 p.m. CST, January 27, 2012 State ethics investigators say they may never know the full extent of an alleged contracting scheme that they say cost taxpayers at least $18 million and led to last year’s resignation of the head of the Illinois Department of Children and… [Continue Reading]
New law protects insured patients participating in clinical cancer trials
CITY DESK | DEC. 31, 2011 Illinois insurance agencies are now forbidden to deny health coverage to insured people participating in clinical cancer trials because of a new amendment to the state's Insurance Code. Previously, companies could cancel an insured patient's medical coverage while that person receives experimental treatment despite being qualified. Illinois State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) sponsored the measure. "People were often faced with … [Read More...]
AvilleDaily’s Story of the Year.
From the Andersonville Daily Some stories land with a bang producing cataclysmic changes. Andersonville’s top story for 2011 isn’t that type of change. It is one that every day is quietly and fundamentally causing silently profound changes. Civil Unions. It started on January 31st when Governor Quinn signed a bill. And then moved to… [Continue Reading]