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Health Alliance announces it will end health insurance coverage at the end of 2025 | First Listen

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  • Carle Health is closing health insurance provider Health Alliance
  • A Central Illinois lawmaker is supporting creating a tax credit for low-income housing
  • One lawmaker is working to establish a task force to promote collaboration between physicians and veterinarians to combat infectious diseases
  • A judge has temporarily blocked an effort in Indiana that would have the state turn over abortion records to an anti-abortion group
Michelle Eccles anchors NPR Illinois' Morning Edition. Michelle has more than 30 years of experience in broadcasting which all began at her high school radio station, Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale for her Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a focus in Radio Television and went on to become an award winning anchor and reporter for stations in Decatur and Springfield.
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