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A county hospital has thin margins and many patients who use Medicaid, and cuts threaten a vital community institution, writes Todd Patterson.
Across Illinois, about 70% of days spent in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, making it the largest insurance payer ...
M.J. Kellner’s royal blue and golden yellow semitrucks are a common sight throughout central Illinois. Every week, the ...
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, ...
The provision is a result of a last-minute change to the bill before its passage out of the House early Thursday.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois said around 7% of their gender-affirming patients come from out of state — an increase since nearby states have restricted care.
An exhibition featuring work from incarcerated artists highlights links between environmental and climate injustice and the ...
Check your refrigerator as contaminated cucumbers sicken dozens across 15 states, with hospitalization numbers climbing in ...
Leaders from four of the nation’s largest Catholic health systems — Ascension, Trinity Health, Providence and SSM Health — are sounding the alarm on proposed changes to Medicaid and the ACA ...
Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are pressing Prime Healthcare over pediatric, trauma and OB care cuts at ...
California, which last year one-upped Illinois by offering health care to all adult immigrants, has run into a similar ...
A growing number of state lawmakers are moving to repeal a 2015 Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel to ...