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  Speaker 1: Write off hospital bills. Lawmakers are working on it. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Tom Collins, This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlet have you written
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  Speaker 1: big checks to the hospital recently? Hold on to the carbons.
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  Speaker 1: The day might be coming when you can write off
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  Speaker 1: those costs when filing your state taxes. Senator Sue Raisin R.
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  Speaker 1: Morris told a midday assembly Wednesday in LaSalle that she
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  Speaker 1: has sponsored legislation that would let taxpayers deduct their health
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  Speaker 1: expenses as a way of recovering some of the costs
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  Speaker 1: of health care. Many people are opting not to even
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  Speaker 1: carry insurance because the cost is so high, reason said
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  Speaker 1: Reasons Counterpart was successful in pushing through legislation effective January first,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven that prevents hospitals and subsidiaries from placing
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  Speaker 1: liens on the primary residences of patients who cannot pay
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  Speaker 1: their medical bills. State Representative Amy Briell d Ottawa said
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  Speaker 1: people simply assume that a lien only affects those trying
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  Speaker 1: to sell their homes. A lien is a judgment that
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  Speaker 1: can appear on your credit report. Briell said. Those are
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  Speaker 1: two of the initiatives mentioned at the legislative luncheon hosted
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday by the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce and Economic
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  Speaker 1: Development and sponsored by Constellation Energy. Here are quick takes
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  Speaker 1: on what else lies is head for the Illinois General Assembly.
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  Speaker 1: Data centers. Brielle said her views on data centers aren't
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  Speaker 1: uniformly negative. There are good actors, she said, but there
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  Speaker 1: needs to be more guidance and safeguards implemented at the
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  Speaker 1: state level. Briell specifically called for a requirement that companies
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  Speaker 1: establish and pay into a fund for environmental remediation after
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  Speaker 1: the data center closes. Reason said she believes cities and
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  Speaker 1: counties should have the most input in the regulation of
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  Speaker 1: data centers. I do believe in local can she said,
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  Speaker 1: you decide if you want this, and I do not
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  Speaker 1: support statewide standards. Safe Act. Reason said she wants to
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  Speaker 1: see more judicial discretion for detaining drug traffickers, particularly when
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  Speaker 1: haulers are caught with deadly fentanyl. She also supports legislation
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  Speaker 1: to increased detention for those charged with aggravated domestic battery.
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  Speaker 1: She said that the greater concern, however, is that worthwhile
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  Speaker 1: tweaks to the Safety Act won't get support in the
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  Speaker 1: current legislative situation. We have bills that are teed up,
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  Speaker 1: but we can't get them called. Reason said the Bears.
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  Speaker 1: Will the Bears stay in Illinois. Reasons passing comment that
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  Speaker 1: there's a fifty to fifty chance the Bears will stay
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  Speaker 1: swiftly went viral. Apparently I'm trending in Ireland for saying that,
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  Speaker 1: she said. Elaborating, Risen said she thinks an agreement still
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  Speaker 1: can be hammered out to keep the Bears in Illinois,
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  Speaker 1: but it's frustrating for me that we can't get across
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  Speaker 1: the finish line. Indiana has the advantage, she said, but
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  Speaker 1: there's still hope for Illinois. Briel, a longtime season ticket holder,
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  Speaker 1: also expressed hope, but said there are limits to what
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  Speaker 1: she'll commit to with so many other pressing needs. I'd
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  Speaker 1: love to see something get done, she said, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: not going to put billionaires in the ultra wealthy priorities
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  Speaker 1: above our priorities,