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

Across Illinois, about 70% of days spent in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, making it the largest insurance payer ...

More than 3.4 million Illinois residents are on Medicaid — about one-fourth of the state’s population. Medicaid is a health insurance program for low-income people that’s funded by the state ...

Among this population, individuals enrolled in Medicaid are more likely to experience mental illness than those with private insurance, underscoring the program’s central role in combatting ...

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 ...

Democratic state legislators have embarked on long shot bids to preserve Medicaid expansion as threats of massive federal cuts hang over the program for low-income people. Forty states and the ...

A legislative oversight committee took no action Tuesday on a set of administrative rules the Illinois ... traditional Medicaid - the public health insurance program for low-income individuals ...

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

JB Pritzker's positioning of Illinois as ... about federal cuts to Medicaid somehow have enough in state coffers to cover the immigrant programs. “The high cost of the program outweighs some ...

A major restructuring of Louisiana's workforce benefits and how they are appropriated is making its way through the Legislature.