Illinois is facing a Medicaid funding crisis on numerous fronts, with congressional Republicans now working in committee to solidify as much as $880 billion in cuts that a Washington think tank says could lead to roughly 250,000 people in the state losing coverage due to a work requirement alone.

The U.S. House’s Energy and Commerce Committee released budget recommendations last week. A preliminary review projects 8.6 million Americans would lose Medicaid coverage during the coming decade, including 300,

House Republican efforts to reduce the cost of Medicaid don’t include provisions that would have cost Illinois billions.

Potential federal cuts could automatically force hundreds of thousands of residents to lose coverage under a law currently in the books.

Illinois Agencies on Aging are ringing the alarm bell for federal support for aging Americans...As the Department of Government Efficiency makes sweeping cuts..

That's the biggest one-year reduction in death since the opioid crisis began in the 1990s ... hospitals and recovery clinics are also bracing for possible cuts to Medicaid funding. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expanded rapidly and now provides ...

Most nursing homes rely on Medicaid for around 75% of their budget, according to Ron Nunziato, an official from the trade association Health Care Council of Illinois. At Clinton Manor, 90% of its ...

Protecting this funding is about compassion, and it’s also about economic stability, public safety and fiscal responsibility. Illinois has come too far in expanding behavioral health care with ...

so do emergency services and health care costs, putting additional strain on public resources. The Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit (HB 1147/SB 62) is a proven, bipartisan solution to this crisis.