Because Oklahoma has Medicaid expansion in its constitution, scaling back the program if it loses federal funding won't be ...

SPRINGFIELD - As Medicaid marks its 60th anniversary in April, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is celebrating the program’s ...

Budzinski warned of $880 billion in proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, backed by President Donald Trump and Republican ...

Over 700,000 undocumented immigrants in California can now walk into a clinic and receive free health care under the state’s ...

State leaders say they are determined to protect Medicaid and its services as federal lawmakers and leaders intend to make cuts to the program. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he recognizes that ...

As the federal government lays off workers at CDC and NIAID, shutters programs, cuts research grants, and considers changes in Medicaid and Medicare, asthma patients will experience worse outcomes, ...

Medicare Advantage − the private option that costs taxpayers extra and requires prior approval − is the default for some ...

Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear.

For further information about Medicare supplement plans in Illinois and personalized health insurance counseling, consider contacting the Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP). You can reach the ...

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Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are ...

not every specialized program would get the funding they need. In the state fiscal year that ended in June, Illinois received over $20 billion in federal Medicaid funding, which made up about 62% ...