During the first half of 2020, Illinois had an medical uninsurance rate of 9.4%. That dropped to 6.1% in 2023, but medical ...

Congress has proposed cuts to Medicaid to reduce federal spending. However, this leaves more than 3.4 million Illinoisans at ...

The Illinois Medicaid program pays for the care of approximately 55,000 residents who live in 738 nursing homes, also known ...

Lawmakers want the rate to reflect the true cost of skilled nursing care as more facilities are at risk of closing and ...

Regulators cut the nursing home off from Medicare and Medicaid funding in April over substandard care and the conditions ...

States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by ...

Of that total, 44% of Medicaid recipients are children, 9% are seniors and 7% are adults with disabilities, according to the ...

The Illinois Medicaid program pays for the care of roughly 55,000 residents who live in 738 nursing homes, also known as skilled nursing facilities, according to the state Department of Healthcare ...

SPRINGFIELD — Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are ...