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Tag: Medicaid

Milking Medicaid: Health program riddled with industry ties, conflicts of interest

Milking Medicaid: Health program riddled with industry ties, conflicts of interest

— November 29, 2021

The upper echelon of the state agency charged with overseeing Medicaid is peppered with representatives of the for-profit insurance industry state officials are supposed to be policing,…

  • Milking Medicaid: Insurance firms reap in billions while doctors get stiffed

    Milking Medicaid: Insurance firms reap in billions while doctors get stiffed

    — November 22, 2021

    State-contracted insurance firms balk at paying frontline medical providers, threatening the viability of leading hospitals and clinics, and imperiling Illinois’ entire Medicaid…

  • State tax dollars benefit downstate region more than others  

    State tax dollars benefit downstate region more than others  

    — August 18, 2021

    Illinoisans living outside of Chicago and the collar counties receive a higher return on their state tax dollars — as much as $2.88 for every $1 paid — according to a recent study…

  • Disinvestment, pandemic leave state’s mental health care in ‘crisis’

    Disinvestment, pandemic leave state’s mental health care in ‘crisis’

    — May 11, 2021

      SPRINGFIELD – Rooted in disinvestment and growing amid economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois is facing a statewide mental health crisis due to workforce…

  • Report: Black, rural, Medicaid mothers more likely to die after childbirth

    Report: Black, rural, Medicaid mothers more likely to die after childbirth

    — April 29, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday, April 29 issued its second report on maternal mortality rates in the state, which found there were 103 pregnancy-associated…

  • Ambulance service latest Medicaid battleground

    Ambulance service latest Medicaid battleground

    — August 24, 2021

        SPRINGFIELD – Stakeholders are calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign a bill that passed the General Assembly unanimously and would remove non-emergency ambulance services…

  • Medicaid companies rake in record profits from pandemic

    Medicaid companies rake in record profits from pandemic

    — June 16, 2021

    Milking Medicaid: As part of an ongoing series examining one of Illinois’ largest expenses, the Better Government Association reveals how the five private insurance companies running…

  • Illinois Senate passes Medicare, tax zone legislation

    Illinois Senate passes Medicare, tax zone legislation

    — May 7, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD – Capping off a slow legislative week as the General Assembly grapples with drawing redistricting maps, the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year and massive energy…

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