Author: Rachael Lallensack

Changes to healthcare program for undocumented people, Medicaid redeterminations create ‘perfect storm’

Jun 30, 2023 | ACA, Dental, Education, Hospitals, Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Mental Health, Public Health, Reproductive Healthcare, State Budget, Top Stories, Vaccination

At a Health News Illinois panel this week, advocates outlined impacts of proposed changes by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to a program offering Medicaid-like coverage for undocumented individuals and described efforts on the ground as an enrollment pause for those who aren’t seniors begins Saturday.

Stakeholders criticize Pritzker administration’s proposed changes to Medicaid-like program for undocumented individuals

Jun 29, 2023 | Insurance, Legislature, Public Health, State Budget, Top Stories

Proposed changes by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to a program offering Medicaid-like coverage for undocumented individuals, including an enrollment pause starting next month for those who aren’t seniors, caught advocates off guard, according to speakers at a Health News Illinois panel Wednesday.