Illinois Medicaid /tags/illinois-medicaid Illinois Medicaid en-US Copyright © 2024 Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT As Illinois Medicaid redeterminations restart, about 73% remain enrolled /health-science-environment/2024-05-14/illinois-medicaid-redeterminations-restart-73-percent-enrolled 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. Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-05-14/illinois-medicaid-redeterminations-restart-73-percent-enrolled Dilpreet Raju Copays paused for Illinois noncitizens on state-sponsored healthcare plans /health-science-environment/2023-09-13/copays-paused-for-illinois-noncitizens-on-state-sponsored-healthcare-plans The Illinois Department of Family and Human Services says it’s not ready to implement cost-saving measure implemented by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration. Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:34:34 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-09-13/copays-paused-for-illinois-noncitizens-on-state-sponsored-healthcare-plans Peter Hancock Medicaid expansion for Illinois noncitizens goes to Pritzker despite GOP opposition /government-politics-issues/2022-04-25/medicaid-expansion-for-illinois-noncitizens-goes-to-pritzker-despite-gop-opposition 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’s health system. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:17:38 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-04-25/medicaid-expansion-for-illinois-noncitizens-goes-to-pritzker-despite-gop-opposition Peter Hancock East St. Louis clinic to expand services with federal grant /health-science-environment/2015-08-31/east-st-louis-clinic-to-expand-services-with-federal-grant A $1.08 million grant from the federal government is allowing an East St. Louis clinic to expand its services as a “one-stop shop” in a city where many… Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:31:15 GMT /health-science-environment/2015-08-31/east-st-louis-clinic-to-expand-services-with-federal-grant Quinn Signs Medicaid Expansion Into Law /government-politics-issues/2013-07-22/quinn-signs-medicaid-expansion-into-law 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… Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:14:50 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-07-22/quinn-signs-medicaid-expansion-into-law Ill. Ambulance And Fire Agencies See Budgets Crunched /economy-business/2013-03-18/ill-ambulance-and-fire-agencies-see-budgets-crunched Ambulance and fire agencies in Illinois have seen their budgets crunched. Some clients pay using Medicaid, the Illinois-backed insurance for the poor. But… Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:45:44 GMT /economy-business/2013-03-18/ill-ambulance-and-fire-agencies-see-budgets-crunched