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Editorial: Republican health care plan a headache for Illinois

Posted on March 09, 2017

Chicago Sun-Times

This article discusses how a proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act could create issues for the State of Illinois’ Medicaid expansion program and ultimately the Illinois economy. A cited blog post from the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation says that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has brought in billions of dollars in new federal funds for Illinois hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and other healthcare providers at no cost to the State.