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Quinn proposes $2.7 billion in cuts and taxes to 'save' Medicaid

Posted on April 20, 2012

Crain's Chicago Business

This column addresses Governor Quinn’s plan to stabilize Illinois’ debt-burdened Medicaid program following an April 19 announcement that outlined $2.7 billion in program cuts and additional revenues. The Civic Federation praises Governor Quinn’s plan to save the program and called on the General Assembly to adopt it, or identify alternate solutions with a comparable financial outcome.