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Illinois expands Medicaid coverage for mothers

— April 13, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois will now provide Medicaid benefits to eligible mothers for up to 12 months postpartum, a major extension from the previous 60-day limit. Gov. J.B. Pritzker…

Health care reform bill passes both Illinois Chambers
— March 26, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – A massive health care reform bill, the fourth and final pillar of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus agenda, passed the state Senate Thursday, March 25 the final…
Lawmakers hear mixed reviews of new foster care health system
— October 23, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – Nearly two months after Illinois launched a major change in the way it provides health care to children in foster and adoptive homes, state lawmakers are hearing mixed…
Lawmakers tout strict limits on ‘prior authorization’ insurance requirements
— February 23, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing strict new limits on health insurance policies that require patients to receive “prior authorization” from the company…
Leavitt: 2020 New Year’s resolution: The Poverty Diet
— January 7, 2020

I’m thrilled that we have fixed our $22 trillion national debt by denying profligate $127 monthly food stamp payments. Got ’er done! About $1 billion a year is wasted on Americans…

Lawmakers propose cut in Medicaid rates
— December 14, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – Two Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation to reduce state payments to the insurance companies that manage Illinois’ Medicaid program, arguing that the COVID-19…
Census deadline looms and residents urged to respond
— August 17, 2020

The U.S. Census Bureau had originally extended the collection deadline through October, but a recent announcement set a final deadline of Sept. 30, a month earlier than expected….
Pritzker reflects on first year in office, looks ahead to 2020
— January 22, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – On Jan. 14, 2019, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker was sworn into office. A billionaire businessman from Chicago with no prior experience as an elected official, he took…