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Poor More Likely to Die in ER Without Insurance

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:47:31 -0600

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.

chicagotribune.com

Abbott Labs Hard Sell Earns Prosecutorial Inquiry

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:03:41 -0600

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?

chicagotribune.com

Feds probe NU hospital for fraud

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:35:43 -0600

Northwestern University hospital is the subject of a Medicare fraud investigation that began in August.

suntimes.com