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The major budget bill cuts around $1 trillion from health care spending over the next decade, with the Medicaid program ...
Hospital officials are warning that changes in President Donald Trump’s budget and tax bill put them on an unsustainable track that could lead to closures or loss of services in rural communities.
Trump tax bill could close nine Illinois hospitals, health care advocates warn Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to ...
Mercyhealth has filed with the state for “a temporary suspension of services” at Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton in Rockford, Ill., a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s. The ...
While most fireworks are prohibited in Illinois, hospital emergency rooms statewide still treat on average 150 fireworks-related injuries each year. That’s according to Illinois State Fire ...
Federal pressure to end gender-affirming pediatric care has caused several Chicago-area hospitals to curtail such services.
Additional 55 rural hospitals at risk of closure should Medicaid cuts pass Medicaid is often the highest line item in rural budgets, says Families USA executive director.
At an unrelated news conference Tuesday, Pritzker warned the so-called “big, beautiful bill” working through the U.S. Congress will severely impact vulnerable Illinois residents.
Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, parroted Pritzker in a social media post saying, “Taking health insurance away from 17 million families and closing rural hospitals is a helluva ...
Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, joins ABC News Live to discuss how the Republicans' massive tax and spending bill will affect hospitals.
More than half the country, including Illinois, is currently in a heat dome. Here's what that means and how to stay safe during excessive heat.
Oklahoma healthcare leaders warn of devastating impacts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on state hospitals. Fears of closures loom with no contingency plan.