CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Better Government Association is investigating one of Illinois' largest expenses -- the Medicaid health program. There are three million Medicaid Recipients in Illinois, including ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The Governor’s office announced Monday that JB Pritzker signed a variety of bills, ranging from an expedited FOID card process, changes to the Illinois Medicaid program and the ...

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is providing $4 million for Medicaid family planning programming to ...

Spending cuts should be made in an above-board way, however, not by tripping up Americans with bureaucratic landmines.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn released next fiscal year’s budget, which will include roughly $2.7 billion in cuts to the state’s Medicaid program, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Gov. Quinn did not ...

In addition to cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, a massive bill passed by the House on Thursday would also prohibit the health insurance program from covering gender-affirming ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — Medicaid is marking its 60th anniversary this month, part of the Great Society programs put in place by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Illinois' Department of Healthcare and ...

SPRINGFIELD — Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing ...

SPRINGFIELD — Nearly every year, Illinois lawmakers pass a package of measures dealing with the state’s Medicaid program, the joint federal and state health care program that covers low-income ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A coalition of Chicago-area hospitals that serve the poor called on Illinois officials to go after more federal money before cutting their Medicaid funding, a proposition dismissed by ...