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Chicago’s COVID-19 nurse shortage shows why Illinois must join Nurse Licensure Compact

By Joe Tabor

08/19/2021

The interstate nursing license compact received bipartisan support in the Illinois General Assembly but was opposed by labor unions. COVID-19 medical staffing shortages prove the wisdom of letting nurses be more mobile.

TAGS: Illinois, Nurse Licensure Compact

Nursing shortage during COVID-19 argues for multi-state licenses in Illinois

By Patrick Andriesen

05/12/2021

Multi-state nursing licenses would help Illinois with long-term senior care, help nurses cross state lines to fight a pandemic and help Illinois face a coming nursing shortage.

TAGS: COVID-19, emergency, Nurse Licensure Compact, regulations

Illinois Senate committee passes bill to help nursing shortage

By Ann Miller

03/24/2021

Sen. Feigenholtz’s Senate Bill 2068 would add Illinois to 34 other states participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact. Career moves, volunteer work and pandemic relief would all benefit.

TAGS: COVID-19, emergency, Nurse Licensure Compact

How Illinois can end its Medicaid nightmare

12/15/2016

After hundreds of waiting list deaths and an unsustainable enrollment explosion, Illinois policymakers must act swiftly to contain this growing nightmare. Thankfully, they have options.

TAGS: health care, Medicaid

Hundreds on Medicaid waiting list in Illinois die while waiting for care

11/23/2016

Illinois has a Medicaid crisis. With an Obamacare Medicaid expansion program that continues to spiral out of control, newly obtained data confirm fears that the expansion program would prioritize able-bodied adults over the state’s truly vulnerable residents.

TAGS: health care, Medicaid

Illinois’ Medicaid expansion enrollment continues to climb, putting vulnerable at risk

11/01/2016

The surging numbers of able-bodied adults in ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion threatens funding for Illinois’ neediest residents and discourages work among those enrolled.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care, Medicaid

Illinois Department of Insurance: Premiums for plans on ObamaCare exchange set to skyrocket

By Jonathan Ingram

08/25/2016

New data released by the Illinois Department of Insurance reveal premiums for health insurance plans on Illinois’ ObamaCare exchange could soar by an average of 44 to 55 percent in 2017.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health insurance

Health care costs consume 25 percent of Illinois’ budget

By Craig Lesner

08/11/2016

Spending on Medicaid has increased 141 percent since 2000, compromising other programs that help the needy.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, budget, health care, Medicaid

Missouri lawmaker proposes bill to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control

By Mark Adams

02/18/2016

A Republican-sponsored bill in Missouri could make it easier, less costly and more convenient for women across Illinois’ border to obtain birth control.

Illinois Medicaid expansion enrollment at nearly double original projections

By Jonathan Ingram

09/11/2015

Illinois’ costs for the ObamaCare Medicaid expansion could be nearly $1.5 billion higher than originally expected as the state has added 633,671 able-bodied adults to the rolls.

Reforming Illinois Medicaid: How to cut waste, fraud and abuse

Medicaid is one of Illinois government’s largest and fastest-growing expenses, accounting for more than 28 percent of the state’s total operating budget.1 It has also been a prime target of waste, fraud and abuse, earning a “high risk” designation from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.2 Most states, including Illinois, have focused fraud-prevention efforts on provider...

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Reforming Illinois Medicaid: How to cut waste, fraud and abuse

Haywood Talcove

Why the employer mandate delay is good news for Illinois and the U.S.

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students