Medicaid, GOP and Illinoisans

GOP plan to cut Medicaid expansion could cost coverage for 900,000 Illinoisans, Democrats say
But Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health coverage, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Republican plans to cut Medicaid could cost 22 million Americans their health care
The Republican Party is eyeing sweeping cuts to Medicaid, a program that the poorest Americans rely on for health care, to finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and plans for mass deportation. Democrats say those plans could cost some 22 million people their health care,
GOP plan to cut Medicaid expansion could cost coverage for 900,000 Illinoisans, Dems say
Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health coverage.
Georgia Democrats push for Medicaid expansion, health care access
For years, they have refused to fully fund Medicaid and give hardworking Georgians access to quality, affordable health care,” she said. “They choose to leave billions of revenue dollars on the table every single year and instead play partisan politics by starting their own disastrous health care plans that fail Georgians.
Two Republican Medicaid expansion bills advance, one from Democrats is tabled
Medicaid expansion saves lives and saves money, proponents said — an estimated $27 million the last biennium, according to Rep. Ed Buttrey, sponsoring one bill to continue the program. “Our program is a budget savings to the general fund,
Illinois unable to access Medicaid systems hours before President Trump’s freeze on grants was supposed to take effect
Hours after President Donald Trump’s administration announced it was freezing potentially trillions of dollars in federal ...
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Illinois shut out of Medicaid in portal ‘outage’; White House says payments unaffected
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions ...
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Illinois regains Medicaid access after federal funding freeze confusion
Gov. Pritzker blasted the Trump administration, saying the federal government lied to state officials that the freeze would ...
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Illinois, Other States Temporarily Lost Access to Medicaid Portal Amid Funding Freeze
Medicaid, the health care program for low-income people and families, is jointly administered by the federal and state government, which also share costs.
States say they’ve been shut out of Medicaid amid Trump funding freeze
Amid the Trump administration's abrupt, wide-scale freeze on federal funding, states are reporting that they've lost access ...
Here's how a freeze on federal grants and loans could impact Chicago and Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker says the Medicaid system was down on Tuesday in Illinois and other states across the country.
Illinois Gov. says Trump’s federal funding freeze is illegal and accused the administration of lying
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump’s pause on federal funding is illegal and accused the administration of ...
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Illinois Lawmakers Revive Push to Create Prescription Drug Affordability Board
The proposed board would be an independent body that would review and set upper payment limits in each step of the supply chain, said Anusha Thotakura, the executive director of Citizen ...
Medicaid System That Provides Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty ...