Under a provision of H.R. 1 – a provision that only applies to states like Illinois that expanded Medicaid eligibility under ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Illinois faces a $239 million drop in hospital and managed care organization provider tax revenue, an important mechanism for funding the state's Medicaid program, in 2028 and as much as a $1.5 ...

Illinois’ Medicaid program has begun enrolling some 40,000 seniors and disabled individuals into private health plans provided by Aetna and IlliniCare in efforts to close the state’s deficit gap, ...

The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural health care — money that’s part of the ...