Illinois Medicaid

Illinois’ Department of Healthcare and Family Services is accepting Medicaid applications for low-income noncitizens as young as 42, who recently became eligible for the state’s expanded “Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults” program.

A group of Illinois lawmakers and health care advocates want the state to more equitably provide money for low income hospital patients.State Rep. Chris…

Ahead of next month’s open enrollment period for Medicaid health insurance, a new report shows more Illinois residents are insured. But that same report…

Illinois hospitals will soon receive money to treat millions of people who are covered through Medicaid. The federal government has approved state's…

lllinois' 3 million Medicaid users will soon have more access to mental health and substance abuse treatments. Officials in Washington, D.C. ok’d a new…

Democrats in Springfield are pushing ahead with a plan hospitals say can’t come soon enough. It’s worth billions of dollars for treating some of the…

Medicaid is one of the largest pieces of the state’s budget, and Democrats say the governor is trying to significantly alter the way the program is…

As women rallied at the Illinois Capitol Tuesday, the House passed a measure that would allow abortion to be covered by Medicaid and state-employee health…

Donald Trump’s presidency has Illinois lawmakers weighing an issue not usually given as much attention in the General Assembly: abortion. Since the 1970s,…

Medicaid Managed Care Is A Mixed Bag For Providers, PatientsYvonne Hardcastle was at her wit’s end. Her son, Alfredo Mejia, was 7 years old. He was angry…