Illinois would be squeezed if Trump, congressional Republicans cut Medicaid expansion
Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...
Trump, pensions, health care among pressure points as Gov. JB Pritzker crafts state budget
Uncertainty in federal funding under President Donald Trump's administration has made a tough state budget season even more ...
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Rich Miller: Lack of new Illinois revenue draws focus to Medicaid expansion program
Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out ...
How Medicaid cuts could hurt disabled people in Skokie
The kitchen table conversation was held at a home in the 4300 block of Church Street in Skokie, where five adult men with ...
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Bolingbrook clinic owner to pay $2.2M, serve three-year sentence for Medicaid fraud
LaTeena Smith pleaded guilty in December to submitting fraudulent bills for psychotherapy services for Medicaid managed care ...
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Illinois congressman warns residents could be hit hard by federal spending cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois congressman is pushing back against President Donald Trump's proposed federal spending cuts. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who represents Illinois' 8th Congressional ...
Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block
Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump's ...
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Rich Miller: Lack of new Illinois revenue draws focus to Medicaid expansion program
However, events could overtake them. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services’ list of Medicaid recipients by House and Senate districts has been urgently circulated among ...
Millions of Americans Could Lose Medicaid Coverage
Medicaid could be on the chopping block in numerous U.S. states, potentially resulting in loss of healthcare coverage for ...