Illinois Medicaid

Stakeholders are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to sign a bill that passed the General Assembly unanimously and would remove non-emergency ambulance services from the state’s Medicaid managed care program in favor of a fee-for-service model.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed five laws expanding mental health and addiction-treatment services and Medicaid coverage of them.Advocates say the…

Illinois' Medicaid program will soon provide preventative dental care for almost half a million low-income residents.The State Journal-Register reports…

The Illinois House has approved a measure advocates say would make it easier for seriously ill children can get health care.The plan by Democratic Rep.…

Conservative activists and legislators pressing a lawsuit against publicly funded abortions in Illinois are seeking an emergency injunction to prevent the…

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll sign legislation that would provide state health insurance and Medicaid coverage for abortions.The Republican took…

A federal judge in Chicago is scheduled to consider a request by lawyers for Medicaid recipients that she order Illinois to start paying $1 billion a…

A federal judge in Chicago says Illinois isn't in compliance with court orders to promptly pay health-care bills for low-income and other vulnerable…

A federal judge in Chicago is expected to rule on an issue highlighting one of the nation's longest running state financial crises.Illinois is heading…

An expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is one step closer in Illinois. The state Senate passed the expansion 40 - 19…