Peter Frost

About 342,000 low-income Illinoisans will be newly eligible for government-sponsored health insurance through Medicaid starting in January as part of legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Pat Quinn. The...

Abbott Laboratories said second-quarter adjusted profit rose 16 percent, better than Wall Street expected, as growth in its nutrition and diagnostics segments more than offset declines in medical devices and...

Illinois on Friday awarded marketing and public relations firm FleishmanHillard a $35 million contract to market and promote the state's Health Insurance Marketplace, an online exchange where individuals and small...

With open enrollment for health insurance less than three months away, the nation's largest drugstore chain and the largest association of health care plans in the country are teaming up...

With open enrollment for health insurance less than three months away, the nation's largest drug store chain and one of the country's largest insurance groups launched a national educational campaign...

Shares of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. surged by more than 10 percent on Wednesday, after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter bookings. The Chicago-based health care information technology company said it...

The Obama administration's move last week to delay a key provision of the health care overhaul — the requirement that businesses with more than 50 workers offer medical coverage or...

With the start of a new fiscal year, Illinois has again advanced Roseland Community Hospital a round of supplemental payments that will help keep the beleaguered Far South Side safety-net...