SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A multibillion-dollar budget crisis will hit the state’s Medicaid program in the next few years unless state lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker act to prevent it, budget analysts both ...

Delinda Phillips has cared for seniors in some capacity since she was a child, tagging along with her mother, who worked as a home healthcare worker. Phillips, 55, of Chicago, has been in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across Illinois, millions of people are anxiously awaiting the next move on a bill that would cut hundreds of billions of dollars ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — Medicaid is marking its 60th anniversary this month, part of the Great Society programs put in place by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Illinois' Department of Healthcare and ...

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn released next fiscal year’s budget, which will include roughly $2.7 billion in cuts to the state’s Medicaid program, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Gov. Quinn did not ...

SPRINGFIELD — Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nearly every year, Illinois lawmakers pass a package of measures dealing with the state’s Medicaid program, the joint federal and state health care program that covers low-income ...

As state representative for Illinois’ 43rd District and chair of the state’s Medicaid Working Group, I have long championed Medicaid as a cornerstone of health and dignity for millions of Illinoisans.

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