As health care premiums soar in Illinois, AFSCME demands additional $3B in raises, health care

By illinoispolicy

11/09/2016

As Illinois taxpayers struggle under Obamacare’s skyrocketing health insurance costs, AFSCME has called for tax hikes to fund an additional $3 billion in pay and benefits for state workers.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, health care

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

Chicago to propose restrictive licensing for pharmaceutical reps

By Madelyn Harwood

10/24/2016

A proposal to license pharmaceutical reps amounts to costly fees and red tape that will do little to promote public health and safety.

TAGS: health care, licensing, occupational licensing, pharmaceutical

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

Licensing laws may create a nursing shortage, leaving sick, elderly and disabled without adequate care

By Mark Adams

05/13/2016

Illinois may soon face a nursing shortage due to a combination of demographics and regulatory barriers that prevent more nurses from practicing.

TAGS: health care, occupational licensing

Rauner’s proposed budget holds the line on the Illinois health-care spending

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

02/19/2015

Health-care savings come from proposed cuts to state-employee health insurance, reinstating Medicaid reforms and ending duplicative services.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, health care, spending

Why Rauner should roll back Illinois’ Medicaid expansion ASAP

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

01/06/2015

Services for the most vulnerable Medicaid populations will be first in line for budget cuts. Childless, able-bodied adults will be last.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care

ObamaCare: Americans want control

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

01/02/2015

The president’s signature health-insurance overhaul is as unpopular as ever. And the underlying causes for dissatisfaction continue to worsen.

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

ObamaCare: The year ahead

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

01/02/2015

The Affordable Care Act is headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care, U.S. Supreme Court

Is Medicaid access about to get worse in Illinois?

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

01/02/2015

Illinois’ Medicaid reimbursement rates are dropping back to about 54 percent of what the federal Medicare program pays for similar visits and procedures.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care

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As health care premiums soar in Illinois, AFSCME demands additional $3B in raises, health care

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

Chicago to propose restrictive licensing for pharmaceutical reps

Health care costs consume 25 percent of Illinois’ budget

Licensing laws may create a nursing shortage, leaving sick, elderly and disabled without adequate care

Rauner’s proposed budget holds the line on the Illinois health-care spending

Why Rauner should roll back Illinois’ Medicaid expansion ASAP

ObamaCare: Americans want control

ObamaCare: The year ahead

Is Medicaid access about to get worse in Illinois?

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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