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 ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

In fiscal year 2023, the combination of expiring federal COVID-19 pandemic aid, slowing tax revenue growth, and rising costs for Medicaid led to an increase in the share of state revenue dedicated to ...

Illinois is facing a Medicaid funding crisis on numerous fronts, with congressional Republicans now working in committee to solidify as much as $880 billion in cuts that a Washington think tank says ...