Improve health care for Medicaid patients while controlling costs for taxpayers

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

02/17/2015

Illinois’ Medicaid program should be transformed into a sliding-scale premium-assistance program that targets resources to those who need them most.

State-employee health benefits: Avoiding the ObamaCare ‘Cadillac tax’

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

02/13/2015

Illinois government should restructure its health-insurance offerings to be more in line with what is offered in the private sector, and in a way that does not trigger the federal tax penalty.

Budget Solutions 2016: State-employee health insurance: Opportunities for reform

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

02/11/2015

State workers’ health-insurance benefits make up $3 billion of the state’s budget.

Executive orders strike sharp contrast between Quinn and Rauner

By Matt Paprocki

01/16/2015

Within hours of being sworn in as governor, Rauner offered a stark contrast by issuing a freeze on all non-essential spending, immediately followed by ethics and transparency executive orders aimed at deconstructing the disappointing status quo of Springfield politics.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner

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

Illinois Policy victories: 2014 in review

By Jane McEnaney

12/31/2014

Tax relief, worker freedom and a health-care win have set the stage for an Illinois comeback in years to come.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Harris v Quinn, unions

Long ER waits at University of Chicago not surprising in the wake of ACA

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

12/29/2014

There should be little doubt that these access problems will be exacerbated as the state has essentially handed out 500,000 Medicaid cards without providing any additional capacity for patient care.

TAGS: health care, University of Chicago

Affordable Care Act

Improve health care for Medicaid patients while controlling costs for taxpayers

State-employee health benefits: Avoiding the ObamaCare ‘Cadillac tax’

Budget Solutions 2016: State-employee health insurance: Opportunities for reform

Executive orders strike sharp contrast between Quinn and Rauner

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?

Illinois Policy victories: 2014 in review

Long ER waits at University of Chicago not surprising in the wake of ACA

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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