Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is speaking out against proposed federal spending cuts that would affect programs for ...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Skokie) did not mince words about President Donald Trump’s plan to pause Medicaid payments when ...

Many conservatives argue that Medicaid expansion has created a heavy financial burden for states and that reliance on so much ...

Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal ...

LaTeena Smith pleaded guilty in December to submitting fraudulent bills for psychotherapy services for Medicaid managed care ...

The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge ...

Illinois lawmakers are looking to amend an act in the interest of nursing mothers in the workplace. The proposed amendments, ...

But Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal ...

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 ...

Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...