CHICAGO (WLS) -- A recent change to the Illinois Medicaid prescription plan is making it difficult for many to get medications, especially on Chicago's South and West sides. It is a potential dilemma ...

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is investing $4 million in Medicaid family planning programming in order to ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Illinois' Medicaid renewal rate of 90% is the highest in ...

An analysis of quarterly and year-end financial statements of five Illinois Medicaid companies by the Better Government Association revealed an unprecedented increase in profits from April through ...

Illinois’ Medicaid program will soon begin paying more to cover the cost of abortion services as the state works to bolster reproductive health access in a post-Roe v. Wade nation. Beginning Sept. 1, ...

Illinois' Medicaid program will soon ensure coverage of gender-affirming surgeries for transgender adults who meet certain diagnostic criteria, the state's Department of Healthcare and Family Services ...

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has released a plan that would cut $2.7 billion out of the Medicaid program, and 75 percent of the plan focuses on increasing cuts and reducing Medicaid rates to hospitals and ...

“You missed your appointment. Please reschedule.” My friend sighed as the telehealth system disconnected. He’d recently switched to Illinois Medicaid, and seeing a doctor now seemed harder than ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Illinois' Medicaid program will begin to cover gender affirming surgery, the state's Department of Healthcare and Family services (HFS) said in a statement last week. Medicaid members 21 and older, ...

Illinois’ Medicaid program intends to start covering gender reassignment surgery as early as this summer, the state announced Friday afternoon. Medicaid members age 21 and older who are diagnosed with ...