Illinois Department of Insurance

Madigan spokesman, trial bar peddle myths about workers’ compensation

By Michael Lucci
12/01/2016
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s spokesman, Steve Brown, has repeatedly implied that Illinois insurance companies are hoarding cost savings. However, this couldn't be happening unless insurance companies were colluding in violation of the principle of antitrust laws, and there's no evidence they are. Illinois trial lawyers have echoed Brown's sentiments, but they don't seem to see evidence of antitrust violations either given that they haven't brought lawsuits against insurance companies for violating federal antitrust law.

TAGS: John Cullerton, Mike Madigan, Steve Brown, workers compensation

Pensions vs. higher education

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner
02/04/2016
Skyrocketing pensions, bloated administrations are pricing students out of college degrees

ObamaCare grants in Illinois

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
05/16/2014
According to a recent Gallup survey, Illinois residents have the least trust in their own state government compared to every other state in the nation. That is why Illinois lawmakers should make stewardship of taxpayer dollars a top priority. When revelations of wasteful spending or outright fraud come to light, they only serve ti further...

Three things the Illinois media aren’t telling you about ObamaCare enrollments

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
02/19/2014
Media outlets across Illinois have been reporting that the Obama administration is hitting its enrollment targets for the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare. But to see the reality of ObamaCare enrollments, one needs to dig deeper than the Obama administration’s press release. Illinois has only met 40 percent of its enrollment target so...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, enrollment, Get Covered Illinois

Illinois has 43% of the country’s public pension plans

By Brian Costin
12/11/2013
Illinois has 43 percent of the nation’s public pension plans, according to a 2012 study published by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, or COGFA, conducted by Marquette Associates on local police and fire pensions in Illinois. According to publicly available data, there are 1,511 public pension plans in the United States. With 657...

TAGS: pensions

ObamaCare in Illinois

By Naomi Lopez Bauman
11/21/2013
In a press conference earlier this month, Republican lawmakers proposed a resolution that urges Congress to delay the “individual mandate” and calls on the Illinois Department of Insurance to fully disclose the number of people in Illinois who are facing health insurance cancellations as a result of ObamaCare. Both calls to action are commendable and...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act