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Bill to end Medicaid managed care advances in House   Updated 1/11/2021 5:11 PM SPRINGFIELD -- A House committee on Monday advanced a bill that would end the system of hiring private insurance companies to manage the states Medicaid program at the end of their current contracts and replace it with a standard fee-for-service payment system. The bill also calls for a three-year moratorium on any hospital closures or downsizing.   However, it is expected that further amendments to the ...

*On Friday (01-08-21), Civil Rights Icon and President of The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. was administered a dose of Pfizer’s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, IL. Rev. Jackson was accompanied by Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and is one of the lead scientists who developed the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, Dr. Corbett conducts basic and preclinical r...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, got his first dose of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine Friday. Many in the healthcare community hope the image of Rev. Jackson receiving the shot will encourage more people in black and brown communities to follow his lead. "Take the vaccination now. Keep hope alive," Rev. Jackson said. "Its absolutely, symbolically, massively important to show one of the greatest African American leaders in history, that hes willing to get the vaccine, and he wants to inspire h...

Dr. Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Corbett, the Black woman who co-led the National Institutes of Health team that discovered Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, lends a supportive hand Friday as the Rev. Jesse Jackson receives the vaccine from Roseland Community Hospital physician Kiran Chekka. It’s part of efforts by Black community leaders to battle distrust of the vaccine in that community. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times In the monumental effort to build Black community trust of the coronavirus vaccine, the Re...

Accompanied by an African American scientist at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine development, the Rev. Jesse Jackson got his vaccine against the virus Friday at Roseland Community Hospital and praised the safety of the immunization.

After collecting billions of dollars in the United States coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need. The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government records reviewed by Reuters news agency. FEMA has received nearly 2,200 aid requests from hospitals and...

Wealthy hospitals rake in U.S. disaster aid for COVID-19 costs Reuters 12/29/2020 By Chad Terhune (Reuters) - After collecting billions of dollars in U.S. coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need. The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government re...

Reuters"> By Reuters - 29 December 2020 - 14:27 Many of the wealthiest nonprofit hospitals in the US are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need. Image: Tyler Olson/ 123RF.com After collecting billions of dollars in U.S. coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need. The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going...

‘Don’t underestimate the fear.’ Clergy, doctors and activists tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, access in Black, Latino communities Angie Leventis Lourgos, Laura Rodríguez Presa, Stacy St. Clair, Alice Yin and Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune © Youngrae Kim / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Dolores Castaneda waves at a friend in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Dec. 18, 2020. CHICAGO – The Rev. John Zayas says his congregants at Grace and Peace Churc...

30:12 Click play to hear Timothy Egan describe being a lapsed Catholic, embarking on a pilgrimage and a newfound belief in miracles. He sets out along the Via Francigena, once the major medieval trail leading the devout to Rome, and travels overland via the small mountain towns of France, Switzerland and Italy, accompanied by a quirky cast of fellow pilgrims.  The NYTimes review said of the book:  …a deeply-researched, captivating journey through the rich history of Christianity and the win...