CHICAGO (AP) -- A bipartisan group tasked with cutting Illinois' Medicaid budget by $2.7 billion ... Those ideas include eliminating Illinois Cares Rx, which helps nearly 200,000 seniors get ...

More Illinois residents are expected to lose coverage in coming months. The people who lost it this month were only among the first group ... number. Some Illinois residents will have their ...

Groups worried about Washington’s proposed Medicaid cuts rallied at the state capitol in Springfield on Wednesday.

The cuts passed on Thursday, which Quinn will sign, include elimination of “Illinois Cares Rx,” a ... The group opposed the rate cuts, but supports the overall Medicaid reform package, which ...

Illinois Medicaid officials say they are doing everything they can to help eligible beneficiaries maintain coverage and hope to keep the number of ... an industry group that represents insurers ...

That number was up slightly ... About 10.8% of people in that income group in Illinois were uninsured. That may be because people in that range may not qualify for Medicaid and don’t realize ...

Illinois is one of 12 states in the country with Medicaid trigger laws, and a number of states are considering repealing or modifying these laws to lessen the stark impact on recipients who are ...