Pritzker talks session timeline, programs, spending
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – In a series of downstate news conferences coinciding with the Illinois State Fair, Gov. JB Pritzker this week gave an update on the possibility of ...
April 1, 2023 9:43 am CDT
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Pritzker signs bill expanding covered Medicaid services
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois residents who have health coverage through Medicaid now have access to a broad range of services including mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, smoking ...
UCSF study: Quitting smoking could save California’s MediCal program $2.6 billion per year
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Researchers say they think cutting smoking in each state by 1 percent in a year would lower the cost to taxpayer-supported Medicaid by $2.6 billion the ...
How health care fraud in Michigan represents a wider problem
Six medical providers made headlines weeks ago after they were indicted for illegally prescribing around 13.2 million doses of prescription for painkillers. In an indictment on December 6, the doctors from Michigan ...
Second Libertarian gubernatorial debate held Saturday, targets wide range of issues
BELLEVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Libertarian Party of Illinois, in partnership with the Metro-East Libertarian Party, held their second gubernatorial debate between candidates Matthew C. Scaro, Grayson "Kash" Jackson and ...
Experts: Democratic candidates for governor float unworkable, expensive healthcare ideas
CHICAGO (Illinois News Network) -- Several Democratic candidates for Illinois governor are floating ideas they say will improve Illinois’ healthcare outcomes, but critics of the various plans say the ideas ...
Illinois hospitals, doctors getting big payday from state, but ‘unpaid bills’ problem remains
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Hospitals, doctors offices, nursing homes, and pharmacies across Illinois are in line for a huge payday this week. The state of Illinois is finally paying off ...
Breen blames ‘petty’ partisanship for move to restrict Medicaid managed care
Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) described Monday's passage of Senate Bill 1446 as a hypocritical move by Democrats to make it harder for Gov. Bruce Rauner to use managed care systems ...
