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Nearly $1B in Expected Spending on Health Care for Noncitizens Adds to State Budget Pressures (Springfield, IL)

The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their citizenship status is expected to cost $990 million in the upcoming fiscal year, far outpacing the original price tag cited when the measures became law.

(The Center Square) – The “ComEd Four” trial preparing for closing arguments in Chicago could provide what one state representative says is a “master class” on needed ethics reforms at the Illinois capitol. Closing argu...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois lawmakers are warning of a fiscal emergency as the costs to provide healthcare to foreign nationals is estimated to cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion next year. According to a report by Health Care and Family Services, in 2024 there will be an additional 108,400 undocumented immigrants needing health care, a […]

UPDATED 4:09 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are i...