Medicaid cuts would severely impact Long Island, they said, leading to a significant reduction in healthcare access for tens of thousands of residents. At risk, too, is funding for local hospitals ...

(WGN) — Groups worried about Washington’s proposed Medicaid cuts rallied ... where it faces a number of objections from Republicans. With the Illinois legislature’s spring session scheduled ...

Central Illinois Republican congressman Darin LaHood says a reconciliation bill the U.S. House approved last week will boost the economy by putting more people to work. The budget adds a work ...

“As a nursing home worker, I’m worried about it, the seniors I care for [have] Medicaid,” she said. “I’m not going through this job to get wealthy, I’m doing it out of love.” Experts and advocates in ...

A view of CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck Medical Center. Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are unlikely to lead to major challenges for the state’s ...

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 ...

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.

Illinois’ Medicaid program now ... The prohibition on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care is one of a number of proposed changes to Medicaid in the sweeping bill, which aims to cut ...