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

National election results give Rauner opportunity for Medicaid overhaul

By Ted Dabrowski, Craig Lesner

11/16/2016

The time is ripe to offer private insurance options to needy Illinoisans through premium-assistance programs and Medicaid savings accounts.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, 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

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

Medicaid

Illinois taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to bail out politicians’ failures

Illinois edges toward recession, politicians propose multibillion-dollar tax hike

Why a budget won’t fix Illinois

Moving out: Illinois has country’s worst outbound rate in 2016

$39 billion: Where does Illinois’ tax revenue come from?

How Illinois can end its Medicaid nightmare

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

National election results give Rauner opportunity for Medicaid overhaul

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

Health care costs consume 25 percent of Illinois’ budget

Taxed out: 10 reforms to stop Illinois from losing people and jobs

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