Medicaid

Across Illinois, about 70% of days spent in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, making it the largest insurance payer for this type of coverage, according to state officials. Advocates worry the proposed cuts will reduce the type of care low-income seniors and those living with disabilities will receive at these facilities.

Large proposed budget cuts on the federal level could impact disability services in Illinois

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…

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is once again under scrutiny, the Pritzker administration issues a budget warning, and Cook County…

Some women incarcerated in Illinois have not been receiving all the same benefits as their male counterparts.Men in work-release facilities are often…

The Democratic candidates for governor appeared in the first of several televised debates, an unsealed lawsuit reveals Gov. Bruce Rauner has been more…

Gov. Bruce Rauner is staying at the Illinois Veteran Home in Quincy, in response to accusations that his administration has not responded well to repeated…

A group of state lawmakers and anti-abortion groups sued the state of Illinois Thursday. They’re trying to block a new law that will allow state money to…

One of the Democrats running for governor of Illinois is proposing a huge expansion in a government healthcare program.Under current law, Medicaid is for…

NPR Illinois continued its listening tour on the state's fiscal health co-hosting an Illinois Issues Forum in Peoria on July 20. Community members…