Trump, pensions, health care among pressure points as Gov. JB Pritzker crafts state budget
Uncertainty in federal funding under President Donald Trump's administration has made a tough state budget season even more ...
Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit amid federal funding uncertainty
Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue ...
How Medicaid cuts could hurt disabled people in Skokie
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Skokie) did not mince words about President Donald Trump’s plan to pause Medicaid payments when ...
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Illinois congressman warns residents could be hit hard by federal spending cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois congressman is pushing back against President Donald Trump's proposed federal spending cuts. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who represents Illinois' 8th Congressional ...
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Bolingbrook clinic owner to pay $2.2M, serve three-year sentence for Medicaid fraud
LaTeena Smith pleaded guilty in December to submitting fraudulent bills for psychotherapy services for Medicaid managed care ...
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Rich Miller: Lack of new Illinois revenue draws focus to Medicaid expansion program
However, events could overtake them. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services’ list of Medicaid recipients by House and Senate districts has been urgently circulated among ...
Republicans May Find It Harder to Cut Medicaid Than They Think
Perhaps the most important shift for Medicaid — and the source of its growing popularity — is that the program isn’t really seen as a handout anymore. A large majority of Americans, including 45 ...
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Budzinski highlights local impact of federal funding freeze in Decatur stop
The Springfield Democrat highlighted the local impact of federal dollars running dry at an event with Macon County leaders on ...
‘Blatantly unlawful’ federal spending freeze sends state scrambling
A White House memo froze federal funding, causing chaos. A judge blocked the freeze, but states fear cuts. Illinois vows ...
The Pantagraph8d
States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on Medicaid rolls after the COVID-19 pandemic are ...