At least a third of New York counties told the Legal Action Center that they currently provide some form of Medicaid ...

Illinois lawmakers are clashing over the potential impact of the reconciliation bill on communities that rely on Medicaid and SNAP benefits, with Rep. Sorensen arguing that the bill will hurt ...

As residents of Illinois rural America, we are facing a critical threat that strikes at the heart of our communities: the ...

Illinois students won’t need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted — if they have high enough ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth is opposing the Senate budget bill, which would cut Medicaid coverage for 60,000 people in Peoria County ...

If the bill is passed, millions of Illinois children and families could lose their health care over the next 10 years. Without Medicaid, people will forgo care, end up in emergency rooms or worse.

The information handed over included data from California, Washington state, Illinois and Washington, D.C.—all of which allow non-U.S. citizens to apply for state-funded Medicaid.

More than 89% of people who buy marketplace health insurance in Illinois qualify for discounts based on their income, called subsidies. About a quarter of people pay $10 or less each month for a plan.

As Republicans weigh Medicaid work requirements, Georgia offers a warning Only a small number of people were enrolled in the state program, and administrative costs exceeded spending on medical care.

Illinois in State Fiscal Year 2024 received over $20 billion from the federal government for Medicaid spending across the state. That amount made up about 62% of the total funding for Medicaid ...

Illinois’ five Medicaid insurance contractors collected hundreds of millions of dollars in extra profits during the COVID-19 pandemic — much of it for services never provided to patients.

All told, according to the state comptroller’s office, Illinois spent about $36.9 billion on Medicaid in the fiscal year that ended June 30.