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Filling the gaps in health insurance
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Even the insured get saddled with staggering medical debt. Cook County and the state are stepping up to offer relief. | PAGE 11
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Another sign of interest as the state prepares to fund new tech and jobs By John Pletz
Add IBM to the quantumcomputing companies circling Chicago. The Armonk, N.Y.-based technology giant has been discussing an expansion here, according to three people familiar with the conversations who requested anonymity because of confidentiality agreements involved. The company won’t detail exactly what it has in mind. “At
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IBM, we are excited to see continuously growing interest and investment in quantum computing across Chicago and the state of Illinois,” Jay Gambetta, vice president of IBM Quantum,
says in a statement. “We are working with partners such as the University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and members of The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub on several projects to advance our timeline of bringing useful quantum computing to the world, and are looking forward to being a part of other significant developments soon.” See IBM on Page 27
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