It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

Bolingbrook woman was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing almost $2.5 million from taxpayers by fraudulently ...

With the future of many social programs under scrutiny by the new administration and Republican-led Congress, a rally in ...

LaTeena Smith pleaded guilty in December to submitting fraudulent bills for psychotherapy services for Medicaid managed care patients.

An Illinois teenager’s chest surgery was canceled last week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to ...

An Illinois lawmaker is pushing a new bill that would ensure parents have the final say before their kids are prescribed psychotropic medications.

With Gov. JB Pritzker still weighing whether to seek a third term, the firmer foundation he’s laid for Illinois’ historically shaky finances faces a major stress test from ballooning deficit ...

A White House memo froze federal funding, causing chaos. A judge blocked the freeze, but states fear cuts. Illinois vows ...

Although Medicaid funding appears safe, at least for the moment, Democratic lawmakers are still warning of potential cuts to ...

Indiana no longer is encouraging eligible Hoosiers to enroll in state-subsidized health care programs as part of an effort to reduce how much it spends on Medicaid. Mitch Roob, secretary of the ...

Legislators and medical policy advocates revealed the proposal at a press conference Wednesday at the capitol in Springfield.

To many Statehouse types, some of last week’s news out of Washington, DC felt eerily familiar. Last Monday night, the White House announced a sweeping new policy that would’ve at least temporarily ...