Yonatan Monrroy-Madrid, 19, was ordered held in lieu of $300,000 bail in a hearing before Cook County Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil, according to prosecutors and court records. Monrroy-Madrid is charged in the death of a 57- year-old man who was killed when his car was hit by Monrroy-Madrid’s in the 400 block of North Ashland Avenue on Saturday, according to Cook…
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Jan. 30– Northwestern University medical students demonstrated Monday against efforts in Washington to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Dozens of students and faculty laid down their white coats to raise awareness about people who may lose their health insurance with changes to the Affordable Care Act. The deadline to sign up for 2017 Obamacare benefits is…
—President Donald Trump’s nomination of Rex Tillerson for secretary of state cleared a Senate hurdle Monday, setting the stage for an extended debate over the president’s order banning travel from specific Muslim-majority countries and U.S. policy toward Russia. Trump’s order bars individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S….
—Insurers say they will not cover the loss of a boat owned by a Vermont man that sank off Rhode Island with his mother aboard. Nathan Carman and his mother, 54- year-old Linda Carman of Middletown, Connecticut, left on a fishing trip in September. In papers filed last week in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, the National Liability& Fire Insurance Co., and a marine…
About 1.67 million Florida residents had signed up or renewed their plans as of Jan. 14, the most recent tally provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. That number included 605,012 in the Miami- Fort Lauderdale media market and 186,341 in the West Palm Beach- Fort Pierce market. The administration and the GOP-led Congress have yet to unveil the…
Globally, a growing elderly population is one of the key growth drivers for the electric wheel chairs during the period of study. Geographically, North America dominated the electric wheel chair market driven by the government’s initiative to provide medical insurance to people over age of 65 and helping them to get medical facilities at subsidized rates,…
Tom Wolf is pushing to consolidate four state agencies into a new Department of Health and Human Services, a move that would eliminate duplication and red tape, while streamlining delivery of services to seniors, people with intellectual and physical disabilities and those battling addiction. Monday’s announcement came amid calls from legislative…
The deadline to enroll for health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace is Tuesday. “Though talk about repeal may be confusing, as of now nothing has changed, and anyone who enrolls by January 31 will be able to use their coverage starting March 1,” County Health Administrator Penny Caudill said in a press release. “Cost can be a real concern for people…
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 30, 2017/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– AARP today launched a comprehensive campaign to protect Medicare in the face of proposals by some in Congress that would hurt hardworking Pennsylvanians who have paid into the program their entire working lives. Over the next few weeks, AARP staff and volunteers will meet with members of Congress to…
Jan. 31– Immigration wasn’t the only thing on the minds of protesters Monday as hundreds of people gathered in front of congressional offices in Troy and Brighton to voice their dismay with the policies of President Donald Trump. The Affordable Care Act and Republican efforts to repeal the signature policy initiative passed during the presidency of Barack…
Maryland’s $45 billion pension system provides monthly benefits to former state and local government employees, including retired teachers and state police. The measure would need approval from the Democrat-controlled General Assembly to become law. Patrick Moran, president of the state workers’ union AFSCME Council 3, roundly criticized the governor’s…
Terry Branstad on Monday tapped Doug Ommen to lead the Iowa Insurance Division. Before his service in Iowa, Ommen served as Missouri’s Insurance Commissioner under Gov. Matt Blunt and provided leadership in consumer protection in the administrations of Attorneys General Bill Webster, Jay Nixon and Chris Koster in Missouri since 1985..
Commissioner Stephanie Azar told budget committee members Monday the agency– a keystone of the state’s health care sector– will request a total of $869 million in state funding for the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1. “One thing that is not unique to Alabama is that health care costs continue to rise,” Azar told the committee. Legislators– who will have to weigh…
EVENT: The Washington D.C. Economic Partnership holds a discussion on “Breakfast Breakdown: Team Trump on Taxes,” focusing on what Trump’s proposed tax cuts means for economic development for Washington, D.C.. James Walsh, R- N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Deputy Mayor Chief of Staff for Planning and Economic Development Andrew Trueblood; Ed Silverman, senior vice president…
–Professional Indemnity Insurance in Mexico is a report about the Mexican market for and distribution of policies covering professional liability. For 2011, 2015 and with a forecast for 2019, the study breaks down the market for professional indemnity insurance on a standardised basis by professional group with 13 categories considered as follows:…
–AARP today launched a comprehensive campaign to protect Medicare in the face of proposals by some in Congress that would hurt hardworking Ohioans who have paid into the program their entire working lives. Over the next few weeks, AARP staff and volunteers will meet with members of Congress to underscore that this proposal would put 2,016,275 seniors’…
Researchmoz added Most up-to-date research on “Stem Cell Therapies- Global Trends in the Competitive, Technological and R&D Landscape” to its huge collection of research reports.Albany, NY—- 01/30/2017– Latest report, “” Stem Cell Therapies- Global Trends in the Competitive, Technological and R&D Landscape “” provides an in-depth assessment of the current trends…
Wade be overturned, the latest idea from Democrats in this blue state eager to push back against the new administration of President Donald Trump. Addressing hundreds of abortion-rights supporters rallying in Albany, Cuomo said New York must ensure that legal access to abortion services and birth control continues regardless of what Trump and other…
Jan. 30– If you’re on Medicare and think you don’t have to worry about the growing threat to the Affordable Care Act, you might want to check your confidence at the door. The gap is created when Medicare stops paying part of the cost of drugs, so beneficiaries have to pay full price. Once out-of-pocket costs reached “catastrophic” level, however, Medicare kicks in, paying…
