Across Illinois, about 70% of days spent in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, making it the largest insurance payer ...

Experts warn the cuts could lead to longer wait times to see a doctor, patients putting off care and higher costs for ...

are contending with the potential fallout from cuts to the safety-net insurance currently under consideration in Congress. Limiting the flow of Medicaid dollars would have a considerable impact ...

Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson says lawmakers made too many short-term decisions that could make future fiscal years more challenging.

President Trump’s proposed budget only calls for one and a half trillion in spending cuts, and more than half of that could come from Medicaid, which provides insurance for some 70 million low ...

In this second installment of our series exploring the ways President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could impact people on the local level, The Commercial-News takes a deeper look at how ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a ...

Drew Powers, the founder of Illinois ... party to avoid cuts to Medicaid, noting that it's a crucial source of health coverage in Missouri and throughout the nation....The impact of reduced ...

The U.S. House narrowly passed the so-called “big, beautiful bill" Thursday. It must be taken up in the U.S. Senate. The measure extends 2017 tax cuts, but also shores up taxpayer spending on things ...

One provision strips all Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, ...