A bill to implement stronger income verification requirements for those seeking to enroll in Medicaid failed today in the Illinois House.

On March 4, Kristina Rasmussen testified before the Illinois House of Representatives Family & Children Services Committee about Medicaid transparency.

When bad ideas just won't fade away.

It's time to use technology to ensure that Medicaid claims data can be used by the state and the public to drive cost savings and better health outcomes.

What to do about 47 million uninsured nationwide and 1.4 million Illinoisans without insurance?  This has become a central issue in the debate over health care.  In recent years, mandates, both on individuals and businesses, have emerged as a popular solution among policymakers to address the chronic problem of the uninsured and uncompensated care. Last...

WHY HEALTH CARE COSTS SO MUCH AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT (Springfield, Ill.) Government intervention in the economy, whenever it is tried, often comes with unintended consequences that make matters worse.  The arena of health care is no exception. Over recent decades, the debate over what has caused health care costs to rise so...