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Update on State’s Backlog of Unpaid Medicaid Bills

State of Illinois officials expect unpaid Medicaid bills to decline to $600 million by the end of the 2013 budget year, but that prediction depends on…

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General Assembly Approves Legislation to Close Medicaid Funding Gap

This blog post was updated on June 4, 2012 to reflect corrected information.With just hours to go before a midnight adjournment deadline, the Illinois General Assembly has passed most components of a legislative package designed to…

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Medicaid 101: How $337.5 Million Turns Into $675 Million

A key component of Governor Pat Quinn’s proposal to close the State of Illinois’ $2.7 billion Medicaid funding gap in FY2013 is an…

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State Seeks Early Medicaid Expansion for Troubled Cook County Health System

UPDATE: On May 24, 2012 the Illinois General Assembly approved legislation to permit Cook County’s public health system to obtain federal funding for medical services for low-income adults under the Medicaid program. The plan must still be…

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The Section 25 Exception: How Illinois Defers Medicaid Bills

With new attention being paid to the cost of the State of Illinois’ Medicaid program, it seems logical to ask why the total annual costs…

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Five-Year Medicaid Projections Show Growth in Unpaid Bills

The State of Illinois FY2013 Budget Roadmap, issued on January 30, 2012 by the Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability, relies on a five-year budget analysis…

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FY2012 State Budget Delays Medicaid Bills, Cuts Union Raises

Governor Pat Quinn signed the State of Illinois’ FY2012 budget on June 30, 2011, a day before the start of the new fiscal year. The FY2012 budget is expected to generate a mountain of unpaid Medicaid bills and a possible court battle over…

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State FY2012 Budget Update: Capital Bill Reauthorization and More Medicaid Interfund Borrowing

The Illinois General Assembly reconvened on June 22, 2011 for an extra day of the spring session to sort out several issues that were not addressed three weeks ago when the legislature adjourned after approving a $33.2 billion budget. Both…

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House FY2012 Medicaid Budget Cuts Appropriations But May Not Reduce Spending

Surprising as it may seem, not all budget cuts reduce spending. A case in point is the FY2012 Medicaid budget passed by the Illinois House on May 13, 2011.…

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Medicaid Reform Proposals Face Opposition

Illinois lawmakers are on a fast-track schedule to reform the State’s Medicaid program, but proposals from state officials and other experts appear to face stiff opposition.As…