Illinois would be squeezed if Trump, congressional Republicans cut Medicaid expansion
Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...
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Illinois regains Medicaid access after federal funding freeze confusion
Gov. Pritzker blasted the Trump administration, saying the federal government lied to state officials that the freeze would affect Medicaid.
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Rich Miller: Lack of new Illinois revenue draws focus to Medicaid expansion program
Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...
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Illinois shut out of Medicaid in portal ‘outage’; White House says payments unaffected
Illinois and other states have been shut out of the Medicaid system due to an order from President Donald Trump to temporarily freeze federal funds while the government conducts a spending review. A ...
With new federal waiver, Illinois expanding Medicaid to nonmedical services
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Many people enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program will soon be eligible to ...