Medicaid recipients had not been required to re-enroll since March 2020. In Illinois, customers with June renewal dates were the first to go through the resumed renewal process.

On Tuesday, the federal requirement to revalidate enrollment status to the Illinois Medicaid program was reinstated after being temporarily discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 made the ...