Alleging the Trump administration wants to take health care away from people, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week signed a ...

The new measures could affect state budgets and access to care for some populations in states with broader interpretations of Medicaid eligibility. The CMS said in a news release on Tuesday ...

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 ...

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is predicting dire consequences if the U.S. Congress passes a defund bill targeting Medicaid. In a Thursday news release, the non-profit organization estimated ...

The Illinois Association ... that no less than 35% of a potential Medicaid rate increase will be dedicated to front-line wages and staffing levels, the release said. Both SEIU and the IAHCF ...

An Illinois law that would automatically initiate massive cuts to Medicaid funding could derail health care in the state if threatened federal cuts to the program come to pass, without legislators ...

Most nursing homes rely on Medicaid for around 75% of their budget, according to Ron Nunziato, an official from the trade association Health Care Council of Illinois. At Clinton Manor, 90% of its ...

Larry McCulley, president and CEO of Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation, discusses his concerns about possible Medicaid cuts during a news conference at SIHF Cahokia Heights Health Center on ...

The for-profit insurance companies running Illinois Medicaid collected hundreds of millions of dollars in extra profits during the COVID-19 pandemic — much of it for services never provided to ...

"Medicaid stays or goes as the program that we've know it right now." Chapman was among nearly a dozen people who spoke Wednesday to an Illinois House budget committee that oversees spending for ...

More than one in five Americans rely on Medicaid for health insurance. Officials say nearly 1 million Illinois residents, many of whom come from underserved and minority communities, are at risk ...