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Poor More Likely to Die in ER Without Insurance

Poor More Likely to Die in ER Without Insurance

Getting to the hospital emergency room may be but the start of a perilous journey for indigent patients who, more often than those insured, die despite treatment, one study finds. (171 views)... More...
qstrian      comments 2 comments      tim Posted 17 weeks ago
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Abbott Labs Hard Sell Earns Prosecutorial Inquiry

Abbott Labs Hard Sell Earns Prosecutorial Inquiry

Chicago north suburban-based Abbott Laboratories has drawn a flag on the marketing field for its promotion of its bipolar disorder & epilepsy treatment drug--Depakote. Desparate acts in the face of declining market share or trumped up government concerns? (333 views)... More...
qstrian      comments 14 comments      tim Posted 19 weeks ago
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Feds probe NU hospital for fraud

Feds probe NU hospital for fraud

Northwestern University hospital is the subject of a Medicare fraud investigation that began in August. (406 views)... More...
Darryl Swint      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 1 year ago
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Medicare Part D: What to know and how to save

Windy Citizen Original – Learn how to navigate the bureaucratic maze of Medicare part D. More...
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Experts say 'death-defying' culture contributes to underused Hospice in Illinois

Windy Citizen Original – Only one-third of nearly 60,000 chronically-ill Medicare beneficiaries were referred to hospice at the end of life. More...
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Wheaton doctor delivers medical care at your doorstep

Windy Citizen Original – Home-bound patients can be treated in the comfort of their own home. More...
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Illinois public health interests scrambling after release of Bush 2009 budget

Windy Citizen Original – Senator Durbin says the proposed budget will cut $123 million from Ill. Medicare recipients. More...

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