Planned Parenthood warns of potential health center closures if Congress defunds Medicaid. In Illinois, nearly 30,000 Planned Parenthood patients rely on Medicaid for essential healthcare services.

It’s unclear exactly how much federal money Illinois could lose under the current proposals, but a number of the provisions would directly affect Medicaid funding in Illinois. The bill includes ...

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 ...

In addition to cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, a massive bill passed by the U.S. House on Thursday would also prohibit the health insurance program from covering gender ...

Illinois’ Medicaid program now covers gender-affirming care, which can include a range of services such as hormone therapy and surgeries. Illinois Medicaid covers surgeries for people ages 21 ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Advocates worry that proposed cuts to Medicaid could lead to a reduced quality of care at nursing homes in Illinois. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ Share Delinda ...

In Illinois, about 58% of adults on Medicaid are already working, according to KFF, a nonprofit organization focused on health policy. Most adults on Medicaid who do not hold jobs are not working ...

A back of the envelope calculation shows that would work out to about $24.4 billion in federal Medicaid cuts for Illinois, or about $2.7 billion a year on average, although the cuts are backloaded.

SPRINGFIELD – A House committee on Monday advanced a bill that would end the system of hiring private insurance companies to manage the state’s Medicaid program at the end of their current ...