Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.
Tag: Obamacare
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‘Trumpcare’ would make a bad situation even worse
Obamacare isn’t perfect—it’s less desirable than a single-payer system—but it’s not as awful as the GOP’s health-care proposal.
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Rauner doesn’t think the GOP’s Obamacare replacement plan will work in Illinois, and other Chicago news
Also, the Chicago Jewish Day School was evacuated because of a bomb threat.
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Chicago musicians speak up about the Affordable Care Act
Musicians are especially vulnerable to a repeal of Obamacare, and these Chicagoans went on the record to say how.
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Amy Whitaker wants her patients to know that Planned Parenthood is here to stay
The medical director of Planned Parenthood of Illinois says the healthcare provider will stick with its mission, regardless of what the new president and Congressional Republicans do.
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If Trump cuts HIV funding it could devastate public health, LGBTQ groups warn
A failure to reauthorize the Ryan White Care Act, coupled with the possible repeal of Obamacare, could be devastating for people living with AIDS.
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Scalia to America: The Supreme Court isn’t worthy to judge
Justice Scalia says the court he serves on is out of touch.
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How Democrats could lose by winning the Obamacare ruling
The SCOTUS hands Dems a win—depending on how you look at it.
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As the Obamacare deadline looms, ‘navigators’ guide Illinois residents through the process
As the February 15 Obamacare enrollment deadline approaches, Get Covered Illinois “navigators” guide people through the process.
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Bears writers get to kick ass
Sportswriters let the Bears have it, Krugman lets SCOTUS have it
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A fussbudget marks up the Tribune for words we could do without
Not everyone the press calls “sheepish” is actually sheepish.
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DePaul Art Museum exhibits rare Works Progress Administration-era prints
Works Progress Administration-era prints at the DePaul Art Museum: Art from a time when artists were considered essential.
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It’s getting harder to snicker at Obamacare
A rare editorial cartoon defending Obamacare shows up in the Chicago Tribune.
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The world according to the Trib’s Rex Huppke
The world according to the Trib’s Rex Huppke
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The undoing of a president’s mystique
What would have happened to JFK if he’d been scrutinized in the same way as Obama?