Across Illinois, 3.4 million people are on Medicaid — about one-fourth of the state’s population.

Critics are sounding the alarm about the potential for drastic Medicaid cuts in the new bill from Republicans making its way through the Senate.

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

The non-profit organization Planned Parenthood estimated Medicaid cuts could cause nearly 30,000 Illinois patients to lose access to healthcare.

Illinois health care providers say that if the new provision of the bill goes into effect, it could be devastating for patients who receive gender-affirming care.

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 ...

Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States, playing a critical role in ensuring access to care for millions of adults with mental illness and substance ...

As lawmakers continue to look for cuts, families across Springfield and the state of Illinois are bracing for what could be next.

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Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are ...

The increase would be paid for, he said, through the state’s nursing home bed tax — a tax levied on each Medicaid-funded resident day in Illinois nursing homes.