SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 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 ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Illinois’ Medicaid program has begun enrolling some 40,000 seniors and disabled individuals into private health plans provided by Aetna and IlliniCare in efforts to close the state’s deficit gap, ...

In addition to already putting it in the hole for the current fiscal year, Illinois' budget forecast sheds more light on how hard federal funding cuts to health care and SNAP will hit the state in the ...

The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural health care — money that’s part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but not enough to make up for Medicaid cuts from ...

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration’s actions cutting federal funding for various programs have cost the people of Illinois $8.4 billion.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the primary administrator of the state’s Medicaid program. (File) A ...

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services office is pictured in downtown Springfield. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services office is pictured in downtown Springfield.