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Dr. Jason Grinter helps a patient at a school in Rockford.
Medicaid abuses part of system in crisis
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From the first stage of enrolling patients, through treatment and payment, Medicaid is bogged down by fraud, inefficiency, unsustainable costs and a paralyzing political climate, according to lawmakers and health care organizations who work within... more
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February, 21, 2012
Listen to this conversation on Eight Forty-Eight120221 Gay suicide.mp3Suicide is the third-leading cause of death in adolescents. Gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual youth and especially vulnerable. And while the nation has seen new tactics seeking to raise tolerance and build hope for gay youth...
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February, 20, 2012
As the Emanuel brothers explained to Charlie Rose back in 2008, there was a healthy level of competition and debate in their household growing up. It seems to have served them well, though; each brother has become tremendously successful in his own field.Listen to the interview with Ezekiel...
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February, 20, 2012
Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed — they are most at risk.Federal health officials are considering whether anyone born between 1945 and 1965 should get a one-time blood test to check if their livers harbor...
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February, 17, 2012
When Governor Pat Quinn announces Medicaid cuts from a Springfield podium next week, Dr. Jason Grinter will be inside a Chicago operating room, treating Medicaid patients. Grinter is a dentist whose appointment book includes hundreds of Medicaid clients, many of whom have no other access to...
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February, 15, 2012
In the 1980s, Victor DeNoble was a research scientist for tobacco company Philip Morris. He says he was first hired at the company to create a drug that would not cause cardiovascular problems, but still be addictive. As DeNoble continued his research, he learned that his work was focused on...
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February, 14, 2012
The human brain is full of wonder, mystery, perhaps even spirit. But it’s also a machine. And so even though it might sound far-fetched to suggest that a device can beam happiness into someone’s head, for some people living with depression that is the truth.Transcranial magnetic stimulation, the...
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