Underwood pushes to make enhanced ACA subsidies permanent post-Roe – Health News Illinois
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood on Thursday renewed her call to make permanent enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year, especially in light of the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois seeing tenfold increase in Wisconsin patients – Health News Illinois
Planned Parenthood of Illinois has seen a tenfold increase in patients from Wisconsin since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Hernandez to push for more stroke awareness – Health News Illinois
Rep. Barbara Hernandez plans to push for more stroke awareness next year, potentially through legislation.
Touchette Regional Hospital plans to discontinue obstetric services – Health News Illinois
Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville is seeking to discontinue its obstetrics services, according to an application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
Pritzker issues executive order ramping down COVID-19 mitigations – Health News Illinois
Certain COVID-19 mitigations for some healthcare providers will be lifted or ramped down under a new executive order issued by Gov. JB Pritzker.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations continue to rise – Health News Illinois
Illinois’ COVID-19 metrics are continuing to rise, with the highest single-day case number in over a month reported Tuesday, according to data from the Department of Public Health.
Preckwinkle discusses how ARPA helped fund equity efforts – Health News Illinois
Federal funds provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic helped Cook County to support its plans to improve health equity, County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Tuesday.
Stratton: Illinois needs more federal support for abortion services – Health News Illinois
As Illinois becomes an “island” for abortion services, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said Tuesday they need more federal aid to handle the influx of patients coming to the state.
Pritzker taps Vohra to lead IDPH – Health News Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he will appoint Dr. Sameer Vohra to be the next director of the Department of Public Health.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations see slight increase – Health News Illinois
As of Sunday, 1,252 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, up 47 from Saturday and up 98 from the prior week. Of the patients in the hospital, 134 were in intensive care units, down eight from Saturday and up one from the prior week. Twenty-three percent of Illinois’ ICU beds were available, up 2 […]