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The privatization of Illinois' health care system for the poor has shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to insurance companies and away from frontline medical providers, a Better Government Association investigation has found. The four nationwide insurance companies- called managed care organizations, or MCOs- last year were paid a record $16...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically worsened a nationwide staffing shortage for emergency medical technicians and paramedics bringing longstanding issues — including low federal reimbursement rates and salary con

Gov. J.B. Pritzker may soon make the rare move of vetoing a bill that passed both houses of the Democratic-controlled General Assembly — unanimously. The bill has to do with how private ambulance companies are reimbursed when they transport Medicaid patients. 

Veterans excited about new, state-of-the-art VA clinic opening next week in Myrtle Beach Veterans excited about new state-of-the-art VA clinic opening next week in Myrtle Beach By Jennifer Roberts | April 9, 2021 at 11:16 PM EDT - Updated April 10 at 12:29 AM MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - A new state-of-the-art facility for veterans will be opening its doors next week in Myrtle Beach. The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center is upgrading from its previous facility at The Market Common to a new...