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Illinois leaders are condemning the Trump administration's surprise freeze of federal ... out of accessing federal funding sites and disbursement systems, including Medicaid, according to the ...
As lawmakers continue to look for cuts, families across Springfield and the state of Illinois are bracing for what could be next.
When Illinois named small farmer Nathan Ryder a finalist for a federal $100,000 Local Food Infrastructure Grant, he made big ...
Congress has proposed cuts to Medicaid to reduce federal spending. However, this leaves more than 3.4 million Illinoisans at risk of losing coverage. Medicaid covers over 80 million Americans, 3.4 ...
(WREX) — Medicaid is marking its 60th anniversary this month, part of the Great Society programs put in place by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Illinois ... critical funding for Medicaid is ...
According to Berardelli, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living at home could lose access to respite care if Medicaid funding is decreased in Illinois. Respite care is ...
A tiny division responsible for overseeing services for people with disabilities and older Americans is being dismantled as ...
Under Republicans’ plans to slash Medicaid, 775,000 adults who gained health insurance under the Affordable Care Act could lose coverage almost overnight — that is in Illinois alone.
(WAND) — The nursing home industry is pushing for Illinois lawmakers ... has been a stable partner for funding these services, but proposed cuts to Medicaid will upend the industry.
Without further Medicaid funding, directed at capital expenses, the industry lobby group Health Care Council of Illinois, or HCCI, argues closures will happen. Collins and Cassidy, both Chicago ...
Planned Parenthood said it received notice from the government that some of its Title X funding would be withheld.
The federal government is tightening Medicaid oversight, limiting funding for state-led initiatives it says stretch the program’s purpose and strain federal resources. Four things to know ...