the alliance’s senior vice president for federal affairs. Analysts say that pandemic-era protections that prevented states from disenrolling people from Medicaid had helped to cloak the relative ...

Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...

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, ...

However, events could overtake them. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services’ list of Medicaid recipients by House and Senate districts has been urgently circulated among ...

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is speaking out against proposed federal spending cuts that would affect programs for ...

Of this Medicaid spending for seniors, a significant portion covers long-term care costs – three in five nursing home residents. Remove Medicaid from the payer source for rural seniors and ...

A Georgia lawmaker advocates for expanded Medicaid for home care, aiming to help seniors age with dignity while saving taxpayer money.

The latest report from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget projected Illinois is facing a $3.2 billion deficit in ...

Nominations for the 2025 class of the Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame are open and will be accepted through June 2.