The medical care of the nearly 30,000 people locked up in Illinois state prisons is in limbo, after the Illinois Department of Corrections announced negotiations with its chosen health care ...

Illinois would see a decrease in health care spending of $22.2 billion over 10 years under the budget reconciliation measure, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the U.S. House and now ...

Lawmakers have strengthened Illinois’ longstanding sexual abuse survivors law in an effort to ensure patients receive critical care after sexual assault. The changes come after APM Reports ...

Gov. JB Pritzker warned of dire consequences to the state's health care infrastructure if Medicaid cuts are enacted, noting that more than 3.4 million Illinois residents are covered by the program.

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to Kristina Lewis, a longtime Medicaid recipient, after a news conference at the UI Health Mile Square Health Center on Feb. 28, 2025, discussing the impact of planned cuts ...

Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to SEIU Healthcare, which represents more than 91,000 health care workers in Illinois ...

Prime Healthcare may ask the state for permission to offer lower-level trauma care at three of the eight Illinois hospitals it bought early this year, compared with what those hospitals were ...