Medicaid

Many people enrolled in the state's Medicaid program will soon be eligible to receive a host of nonmedical services that could improve their overall health, including housing and nutrition assistance.

About 73 percent of Illinois’ Medicaid recipients remain on the rolls after the first redetermination cycle following the COVID-19 pandemic, while approximately 660,000 recipients have been disenrolled.

As state lawmakers hold hearings targeting the role of pharmacy benefit managers – an influential arm in how the health insurance industry prices prescription drugs – multiple state agencies are considering how to better regulate the industry.

Gov. J.B. Priztker paid a visit to Silver Cross Hospital on Wednesday morning along with a group of lawmakers working to pass the Healthcare Protection Act, a bill which would reform and regulate health insurance and Medicaid in Illinois.

Looking for a treatment provider to help you with your diabetes and anxiety issues? The McHenry County Mental Health Board funds access to several providers in the area.

As many as 700,000 Illinoisans may stand to lose their Medicaid coverage after March 31, but the Department of Healthcare and Family Services says it is working to reduce that number and help those affected find health insurance elsewhere.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood and Sen. Dick Durbin want additional resources to be provided for Illinois seniors struggling with substance abuse disorders, according to a Wednesday letter issued to the federal office for Medicare and Medicaid services.

Among many provisions, the bill provides that people covered under Medicaid will continue to be eligible throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency and for up to 12 months after the emergency expires.