Illinois patients, hospitals fear potential Medicaid cuts: ‘I hope people have some kind of compassion’
Illinois patients worry about losing Medicaid coverage, and hospital leaders say cuts could lead to serious limits on care.
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Column: Proposed Medicaid cuts would leave most vulnerable citizens without access to health care
President and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System, Damond Boatwright, expresses his concern over proposed cuts to the ...
As Medicaid cuts loom, patients, officials defend care for chronic pain, behavioral health and addiction
Current Illinois law would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut, ...
Chicago Hospital Loses Appeal Over Late Medicaid Payments
A full federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that a Chicago-area safety-net hospital doesn’t have a private right to sue the Illinois Medicaid program over late payments made by the program’s ...
Illinois lawmakers brace for possible federal cuts to Medicaid
This is it. This is absolutely it. This is the line. Medicaid stays or goes as the program that we’ve know it right now,” ...
Proposed Medicaid cuts could put nearly 1M Illinois residents at risk of losing coverage
A Humboldt Park Health official said people can expect much longer wait times in the emergency room if these cuts are ...
Leaders talk with Illinois families on how Medicaid, Social Security cuts could affect everyday life
Local leaders and lawmakers said the proposed federal cuts would have 'devastating' impacts for people in Illinois.
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Callous Medicaid cuts by GOP would mean health care doom for millions
Cruel doesn’t begin to describe what is going on. Nearly 770,000 Illinois residents could lose their health care coverage if Medicaid is cut, Gov. JB Pritzker has said. Last week, on Feb. 25 ...
Broad coalition lays out impacts of potential cuts to Illinois Medicaid
Three million people are enrolled in Medicaid in Illinois, and their coverage could be impacted if congress decides to make ...