Northwest Herald | Board approves Centegra Hospital – Huntley

 

– Centegra Health System officials celebrated with a mix of relief and joy Tuesday after a state panel approved their plans for a $233 million project by a 6-3 vote.

Held at the Bolingbrook Golf Club, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board hearing reconsidered Centegra's application for a permit to proceed with its 128-bed hospital in Huntley.

Floyd and other officials from surrounding health care providers, including Advocate Good Shepherd in Barrington, expressed disappointment with the board's 6-3 vote in favor of Centegra Hospital - Huntley.

"It is unfortunate that board members chose to reverse their decision from December to deny this project. Nothing has changed related to this application,” said Karen Lambert, president of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. “This hospital is not needed. It would duplicate services, and it could reduce the quality of care in the area by pulling patients from other health care providers.”

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CBO: Court ruling cuts cost of health-care law, but leaves 3 million more uninsured - The Washington Post

In its June 28 ruling, the court upheld the bulk of the Affordable Care Act, but struck down its plan to require states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover poor people who earn as much as 138 percent of the federal poverty level. ….

Factoring in other changes, the total cost of the coverage expansion would be $1.168 trillion, the CBO said, compared with an original estimate of $1.252 trillion — a net reduction of $84 billion.

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