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Biden to reopen Obamacare enrollment
Affordable Care Act bolstered in pandemic; Durbin seeks to expand health workers
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Ted CoxJoe Biden, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Obamacare Enrollment, Dick Durbin, Marco Rubio, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Kaiser Family Foundation, Joel Ario, National Health Services Corps, Nurse Corps, National Disaster Medical System
Justice Barrett: A threat to more than just abortion
Planned Parenthood’s Brigid Leahy warns of conservative court’s potential impact on health care, LGBTQ rights
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Ted CoxAmy Coney Barrett, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Brigid Leahy, Donald Trump, Abortion Rights, Illinois Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Act, Roe v. Wade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Roberts, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Preexisting Conditions, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Rights, Transgender Rights, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Jennifer Welch
Londrigan, Davis clash over health care
Congressman claims bipartisanship while acting as co-chairman of state Trump campaign
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Ted CoxRodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Donald Trump, CARES Act, Paycheck Protection Program, Nancy Pelosi, Trump Taxes, Michael Madigan, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Exelon, Abortion Rights, Illinois Abortion Rights, Fair Tax Amendment, Future Energy Jobs Act
Duckworth, Durbin denounce Trump court pick
Obamacare threatened by Amy Coney Barrett — on top of Senate GOP hypocrisy
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Amy Coney Barrett, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, Antonin Scalia, John McCain, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Jennifer Welch
Nursing homes spur COVID-19 deaths
State toll drops to 33 Sunday after tying single-day high of 125
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19 Disparities, Get Covered Illinois, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Tammy Duckworth, Greg Harris, IDES, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Pritzker calls on Trump to reopen Obamacare
Governor charges president with ‘leadership malpractice,’ as 42 new COVID-19 deaths push state toll past 100
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Ngozi Ezike, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Stateville Correctional Center, Lori Lightfoot, M.K. Pritzker, Amy Eshleman, Amanda Williams, 2020 U.S. Census, Census Citizenship Question, U.S. Census
Medicaid: Latest scapegoat for anti-taxers
States are spending more as health costs rise, it’s true, but federal funding is helping out and providing benefits
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Ted CoxCenter Square, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Barack Obama, Obamacare, ACA, Foundation for Government Accountability, Kaiser Family Foundation, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Medicaid Work Requirement
More Ill. kids going without health insurance
National trend rises at ‘alarming’ rate as Obamacare annual enrollment period begins
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Joan Alker, Stephanie Altman, Trump Public Charge Rule, Trump Immigration, Kwame Raoul, Obamacare Enrollment, ACA, ACA Enrollment
AG Raoul defends state from Trump
Attorney general confronts feds on immigration, reproductive health, Obamacare, census, environment, EtO
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Obamacare, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, Immigration, Ethylene Oxide, Sterigenics, U.S. Census, 2020 U.S. Census, Vaping, Teen Vaping, Illinois Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Crisis, Gun Control, Gun Laws, Gun Violence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cook County, immigrant group sue Trump
‘Public charge’ rule would increase costs of health care, say Preckwinkle, Foxx
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Toni Preckwinkle, Kim Foxx, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, ICIRR, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Obamacare, Carrie Chapman, Legal Council for Health Justice, Kate Walz
Affordable Care Act fails on affordability
Few remain uninsured, but many ‘underinsured’ struggle with costs
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Health Costs, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund, Underinsured, Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, Medicaid, Kwame Raoul, Dick Durbin, Health Insurance
Durbin, Raoul defend Obamacare against suit
Senior U.S. senator, attorney general join activists urging protection of Affordable Care Act
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Kwame Raoul, Laura Fine, William McNary, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Donald Trump, Health Care, Citizen Action Illinois, Xavier Becerra
If Trump won't, Obama still will
Obamacare enrollment deadline Saturday; former president offers much-needed reminder
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Got a raise? Give it to health care
Study finds that rising health costs have far outpaced wage increases over the last two decades
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Ted CoxEconomic Policy Institute, Josh Bivens, U.S. Health Care, Insurance Premiums, Health Costs, Working Families, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Kaiser Family Foundation, Pew Research Center
Trump spreads lies on stump for Bost, Republicans
President, congressman lie about tax cuts and about opponent Brendan Kelly
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Lauren Underwood, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Illinois Working Families, Health Care, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Tax Cuts, Trump Lies, Nancy Pelosi, Orrin Hatch, First Amendment, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Beyond Coal, CNN, Muslim Ban
Progressive groups protest against Harold
Erika Harold, candidate for attorney general, pledged to uphold state law and protect all Illinoisans against discrimination
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Ted CoxErika Harold, Julie Lynn, Mike Ziri, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Equality Illinois, Sierra Club, Moms Demand Action, SEIU, NARAL, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, City Club of Chicagio, City Club of Chicago, Illinois Abortion Rights, Opioid Abuse, Workers' Compensation
Health care top issue in upcoming midterm elections
With insurance premiums and deductibles skyrocketing, it’s no wonder voters are concerned
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Deductibles, Insurance Premiums, Inflation, Working Families, Illinois Working Families
Rauner decries Medicaid boost
But governor offers no solution except for jobs with health care
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Pat Quinn, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Government Accountability Office, Stephanie Altman, Associated Press
Trump continues to 'sabotage' Obamacare
The Trump administration is cutting grants to 'navigators' who steer people to health care
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Trump takes new jab at Obamacare
U.S. Justice Dept. moves to undercut measures on discrimination and pre-existing conditions
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Ted CoxHealth Care, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Jan Schakowsky, Greg Harris, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Working Families, Barack Obama, Obamacare
