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A Rite Aid store is shown in Detroit in 2009. Antitrust regulators are seeking more information about Rite Aid's proposed merger with Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance. Walgreens and Rite Aid said Dec. 11, 2015, that they have been cooperating with Federal Trade Commission staff.

Walgreens-Rite Aid deal under federal scrutiny

June 16, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Federal antitrust regulators have requested more information from Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid in connection with the pending $17.2 billion deal to combine the drugstore chains. The Federal Trade...

Call center employees work Dec. 3, 2015, at OML Worldwide in Northbrook. The company is providing group health insurance for its 40 employees next year after premiums spiked for individual insurance policies.

Obamacare price hikes push small businesses back to group plans

June 16, 2018 at 9:56 a.m.

When the cost of group health insurance became too expensive a few years ago, OML Worldwide Transportation, a limousine service in Northbrook, stopped offering the benefit to its employees. The...

Accretive Health gets shot in the arm

June 16, 2018 at 10:22 a.m.

Accretive Health said Tuesday that its largest customer will renew its contract as well as become a significant investor in the company, a big step for the Chicago-based hospital vendor...

Clock ticking on health insurance enrollment

June 16, 2018 at 9:57 a.m.

The clock is ticking for Illinois residents who buy their own health insurance under the federal health law. Consumers have a week — until Dec. 15 — to buy a...

While mom Katie Frailey holds him, Landon Kuester, 13 months, plays with nurse Ann Brown, left, at Centegra Physician Care-Crystal Lake on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Centegra Physician Care, which has offices in McHenry and Kane counties, has a new policy, which went into effect Dec. 1, of only treating kids who are adequately immunized.

More doctors turning away unvaccinated children

June 16, 2018 at 10:37 a.m.

For Dr. Laura Bianconi, the measles outbreak in Palatine earlier this year was the turning point. The cases spurred Bianconi and other pediatricians at Centegra Physician Care, which has offices...

The Tau Center's Peace Path is on the campus of Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton.

Northwestern price tag for Marianjoy: $28 million

June 16, 2018 at 10:39 a.m.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare's regulatory application to acquire Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton includes a $28 million price tag and other previously undisclosed financial details. The acquisition price is about nine...

Land of Lincoln, an ACA startup, stops writing new small-group policies

June 17, 2018 at 4:20 a.m.

Land of Lincoln Health, a federally funded insurance startup, is no longer accepting new small-business customers for 2016, the company confirmed Monday. A spokeswoman at the Chicago-based insurer said current...

If Homer Glen resident Rick Jago switches to the plan that Blue Cross is offering him, the doctor he credits with saving his life will no longer be in his network.

Blue Cross cancellation sends consumers scrambling

June 16, 2018 at 10:39 a.m.

Rick Jago talks about his doctor at Northwestern University in emotional terms. The 57-year-old Homer Glen resident credits Dr. Jyoti Patel with saving his life after he was diagnosed with...

The Pfizer headquarters in New York City.

Dick Durbin derides tax consequences of Pfizer-Allergan merger

March 28, 2019 at 11:23 p.m.

A deal to create the world's largest drugmaker by sales has raised the hackles of an Illinois senator. Dick Durbin criticized the proposed merger between Pfizer and Allergan because it...

Rush University Medical Center building.

Rush plans $500 million outpatient center

June 16, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

Rush University Medical Center said it plans to build a $500 million outpatient facility as part of a significant reconfiguration of its Near West Side campus. The academic medical center...

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