The sweeping Republican tax-cut bill includes new requirements that are projected to remove millions from the Medicaid ...

The program covers nearly 3.5 million people in Illinois, or about a quarter of the state’s population. According to the ...

A new working paper from the University of Chicago provides the strongest evidence to date that expanding access to health ...

Illinois lawmakers have approved a $55.2 billion budget with new taxes on sports betting and nicotine, plus cuts to immigrant ...

But legislators have also been making changes. In January, an Illinois law went into effect forbidding credit bureaus from factoring in medical debt in credit reports and scores. That follows a policy ...

While the state infuses hundreds of millions a year into child care programs, the strict eligibility requirements and ...

Negotiators and transit officials are naming several possible sources: as much as $200 million, they hope, from the state’s ...

The Farina family was relieved when their matriarch, Gloria, qualified for Medicaid in 2023 after a grueling application process. The support allows Gloria, 91, to remain at her assisted-living ...

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois ... the company disproportionately exposes low-income, rural, military, and Black ...

Gov. JB Pritzker’s positioning of Illinois as a sanctuary state, a welcoming port for immigrants from across the globe, hit ...

We find that expansions increased Medicaid enrollment by 12 percentage points and reduced the mortality of the low-income adult population by 2.5 percent, suggesting a 21 percent reduction in the ...

As the GOP attempts to cut spending, including Medicaid ... the program? In 2020, Illinois became the first state to offer needs-based health insurance to all older adults, including low-income ...