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More than 660,000 Illinoians were disenrolled from the state's Medicaid program following the expiration of a COVID-era congressional rule requiring states to keep patients enrolled during a public health crisis.

The Illinois Department of Family and Human Services says it鈥檚 not ready to implement cost-saving measure implemented by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration.

Democrats say the expansion will lower health care costs by reducing care administered at emergency rooms, while Republicans argue it will incentivize illegal immigration and overburden the state鈥檚 health system.

A $1.08 million grant from the federal government is allowing an East St. Louis clinic to expand its services as a 鈥渙ne-stop shop鈥� in a city where many鈥�

Updated July 23 9:01 a.m. with reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Amanda VinickyIllinois is beginning to implement the Affordable Care Act. The鈥�

Ambulance and fire agencies in Illinois have seen their budgets crunched. Some clients pay using Medicaid, the Illinois-backed insurance for the poor. But鈥�