DuPage mulls personnel cost cuts
Chicago Sun-Times
“There are a lot of issues, pertaining especially to health insurance and to (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund contributions), that drive these next few years more significantly than they did in the last three or four,” county Chief Financial Officer ...

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Illinois budget deficit to hit $8 billion despite tax increase
Chicago Tribune
... billion is owed to companies for tax returns and health insurance bills for state workers. "What we're seeing is that even after a considerable tax increase and a commitment by the Illinois General Assembly to set expenditures based on revenues, ...

Romney to collect $2.3 million at Winnetka fund-raiser hosted by Pat Ryan
Chicago Sun-Times
... are emerging from Illinois bolstering his White House drive. Romney's fund-raising dinner is at the home of insurance mogul and civic activist Pat Ryan and his wife, Shirley; between 50 and 60 people will attend, with the minimum donation $25000.

Cost of planned health exchange questioned
Suburban Life Publications
... subsidies to pay the exchange's startup costs and insurance companies will have time to develop products to sell on the exchange. About 1 million of Illinois' 1.5 million uninsured residents would gain coverage through the exchange, Gross said. ...

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State cuts will cause budget woes for local schools: Kazubowski
Kewanee Star Courier
By Dave Clarke There's no way any school district in Illinois can make enough cuts to offset revenue which will be lost in next year's budget. That was Superintendent Shane Kazubowski's assessment in presenting the amended 2012 fiscal budget to the ...

Alabama, Illinois to Scrap Obamacare Exchange?
Town Hall
“I've suspended the talks on the Illinois insurance exchange until the Supreme Court makes its decision, which we expect in June,” Rep. Frank Mautino (D- Spring Valley), who has been leading Illinois' talks to set up the exchange, said.

State Farm reports 40000 storm claims
WJBC News
State Farm Insurance reports more than 40000 storm-related catastrophe claims have been filed this month. The company has sent claim representatives, agents and adjusters to help policyholders across the South and Midwest following separate tornado ...
State Farm Southern Catastrophe Resource Deployment ExpandingPR Newswire (press release)
State Farm Southern Catastrophe Resource Deployment ExpandingSacramento Bee

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Report: Health-benefits exchange could cost up to $89 million annually
The State Journal-Register
The report, along with a $300000 report on Illinois' insurance market compiled by the Deloitte consulting firm, will be used by the committee in making recommendations to the legislature. The Affordable Care Act also reduces the number of uninsured ...

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Bill to cut free health insurance for state retirees advances
Galesburg Register-Mail
By DOUG FINKE SPRINGFIELD -- A bill to eliminate a premium-free health insurance perk for state government retirees is on its way to the floor of the Illinois House. Without a dissenting vote, the House Executive Committee approved Senate Bill 1313, ...
Illinois Goes After Retiree Health InsuranceTri States Public Radio
Illinois House panel targets retiree health careChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Plan to strip state retirees of free health insurance advancesBloomington Pantagraph

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Obama Tax Plan Attacks Top Earners Health Insurance in Redux of 2010 Fight
Bloomberg
Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said the caucus isn't yet united behind all of Obama's proposals to cover the bill's $447 billion cost. Some Democrats would again oppose taxing some health plans, he said. ...

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Gov. Pat Quinn's pension reform ideas are a 'big deal' for unions
Rockford Register Star
... attempt to pivot the plan around the Illinois Constitution would force current employees to make a choice: take the less-lucrative pension plan he's proposing, or keep the current plan but lose the health insurance subsidy now offered by Illinois.

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Mental health care coverage could get boost
Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD – Mental health insurance in Illinois could soon include substance abuse and autism under a plan approved by the Illinois House of Representatives. The plan, now in the Illinois Senate, also says that any mental health coverage in new or ...

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Northern Trust Releases New White Paper [Health & Beauty Close - Up]
Insurance News Net (press release)
Northern Trust also hosted a roundtable event at its Chicago headquarters, where insurers discussed regulatory and economic challenges with a top Illinois insurance official as well as consultants and Northern Trust executives.

Health-insurance advocates suspicious of insurance industry campaign money
Suburban Life Publications
SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers who will play pivotal roles in setting up Illinois' health-benefits exchange — an entity designed to make health insurance more affordable for consumers and small businesses — are among the top recipients of cash ...

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Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' visit to Illinois stirs protests
Louisville Courier-Journal
Indiana corporate income taxes, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance and property taxes are all lower than they are in Illinois, he said. “The lower our taxes are compared to the neighboring states, the more competitive we are,” Daniels said.
Thousands protest Gov. Daniels before Illinois speechWTHR
Indiana governor talks taxes in Illinois speechFOX19
Indiana governor speaks at county GOP dinnerChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette

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Paid in smiles
Alton Telegraph
She was named the SHIP Volunteer of the Year for southern Illinois in 1998. The local SHIP office was also named the Office of the Year by the Illinois Department of Insurance in 2001. Irene McLaughlin, AMH volunteer coordinator, said Jeannette ...