2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (390+ words) SPRINGFIELD " Health insurance costs are expected to take a bigger bite out of the state's budget and out of state employees' pocketbooks next year. Officials from the Department of Central Management Services told a legislative panel Tuesday they expect to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1576+ words) SPRINGFIELD " When Kayleigh White opened a plain white envelope stamped "UNDUE" in big, bold blue letters late last year, she threw it away. The 27-year-old Rochelle resident assumed it was junk mail, or maybe a scam. The letter claimed that…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (953+ words) SPRINGFIELD " "A multibillion-dollar budget crisis will hit the state's Medicaid program in the next few years unless state lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker act to prevent it, budget analysts both inside and outside state government warn. The crisis comes from…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (261+ words) Customers still shopping for health insurance coverage through Illinois" state-run marketplace now have more time to choose a plan. Officials at Get Covered Illinois announced Monday they would extend the open enrollment deadline by 16 days. For coverage beginning Feb. 1, 2026, consumers…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (342+ words) Officials at Get Covered Illinois, the new state-run marketplace for insurance sold under the Affordable Care Act, announced Tuesday they have extended the open enrollment deadline to Dec. 31 for coverage that begins Jan. 1, 2026. Officials said the extension is intended to…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (798+ words) Recent cuts by President Donald Trump's administration could reduce the size of Illinois' economy by nearly $10 billion each year, according to a new report released Monday by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute. The report offers a detailed looked at the…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1727+ words) Small clinics and hospitals are drowning in denied and delayed claims from Illinois Medicaid managed care organizations. To cope, some have stopped accepting Medicaid altogether. Meanwhile, MCOs see increasing profits, but aren't meeting patient care metrics. By Rachel Heimann Mercader,…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (675+ words) SPRINGFIELD " Hospital officials in Illinois say they will have to make some difficult decisions in the next few years that could involve laying off staff, cutting back services and even closing some facilities entirely. That's the expected result of federal…...