Monday, October 22, 2012
Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and NorthShore University Health System, the Erie Family Health Center will serve Evanston and Skokie residents.
Local officials, including Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen, held a ribbon cutting for a new community health center in Evanston Monday. Operating temporarily out of the Lorraine Morton Civic Center at 2100 Ridge Ave., Erie Family Health Center Evanston/Skokie is one of 219 community health centers funded under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act this year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide a $650,000 annual operating grant, while NorthShore University HealthSystem has committed $600,000 in operating support over the next three years and $1.2 million toward opening a permanent location, according to a press release from Erie. Erie operates 12 health centers in the city of …
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Congresswoman likes the law as it is while Dold thinks change is necessary.
(Update, 6:40 p.m.) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) criticized what she called the 33rd effort of the House Republican majority to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act after today’s vote to eliminate the law. She thinks the time should be devoted to job creation. “Though Republicans took control of the House with the promise that they will focus on jobs, they have wasted more than 43 hours of floor time on legislation to repeal Obamacare,” Schakowsky said. Schakowsky likes the health care law as it is. She praises how it has already helped millions of Americans by eliminating caps on their insurance, allowing children under 16 to remain on their parents’ policies and insuring care for youngsters with pre-existing conditions. “I …
Saturday, July 7, 2012
A majority of Patch readers responding to an unscientific poll want to give the Affordable Care Act a chance to work.
Give the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a chance. That was the opinion of a majority of readers who responded to an unscientific Patch poll asking whether President Barack Obama’s health care legislation should be given time to season, be repealed or changed. Earlier: What Should Be Done With Obamacare? Of the 637 people who took the poll, 370 want to leave the new law recently upheld by the United States Supreme Court alone to see how it works, 198 want it repealed and 69 want to repeal objectionable parts and keep the rest. Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth), who voted just over a year ago for repeal, wants to change parts of the law keeping provisions like letting children under 26 remain on their parents’ coverage and prohibiting insurance …
Monday, July 2, 2012
As the House of Representatives schedules a vote on repeal, Patch readers enter a thoughtful debate. Voice your opinion in the latest Patch poll.
Patch coverage of the Unites States Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act drew more than 175 comments spawning a debate about the issue among readers. The House of Representatives has scheduled a vote to repeal the legislation July 9 and Patch wants to know its readers’ opinion. Please take the latest unscientific Patch Poll at the bottom of this story and keep the debate going. Earlier: Dold, Kirk Want Chances to Affordable Care Act, Schakowsky Praises Decision Within hours after the Court’s decision Thursday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) lauded the opinion while Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) and Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) wanted changes. Dold will vote to repeal July 9. “I have voted in the past to repeal…
Monday, June 25, 2012
With the help of a $650,000 yearly grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a new health center will serve Evanston’s low-income, underinsured or uninsured populations.
City officials promise that a new, federally funded community health center will bring affordable services to the Evanston area without drawing on local tax dollars. Funded by a $650,000 annual grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Erie Family Health Center will expand its Chicago-based network of community health centers to Evanston, according Evanston Health Department Director Evonda Thomas. “This is the best response possible to the unmet health needs of the residents of the city of Evanston and surrounding communities,” Thomas said in a press release. Stay up to date on the latest Evanston news by signing up for our free newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox. The U.S. Department of Health announced the …
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