9,300 noncitizens in Illinois to lose Medicaid benefits due to new federal law
The new federal eligibility changes mean immigrants seeking asylum and those who entered the country through humanitarian parole will also lose health coverage.
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The new federal eligibility changes mean immigrants seeking asylum and those who entered the country through humanitarian parole will also lose health coverage.
Medicaid cuts totally $1 trillion in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" could lead to more than 1 million missed cancer screenings, according to a new study. Republicans pushed for the Medicaid cuts to offset new large tax cuts.
Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood has closed its emergency department and surgery as it is on the cusp of being kicked off of Medicare and Medicaid.
Weiss Memorial Hospital will be kicked off Medicare and Medicaid programs, and a report suggests it could face closure when it is.
Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood will be kicked off Medicare and Medicaid programs, and a report suggests it could face closure when it is. Sabrina Franza reports.
The Department of Health and Human Services is removing Weiss from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, saying the hospital failed to meet their standards of care. Some reports say the hospital will close before their funding is pulled.
Weiss Hospital in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood will be removed from the Medicare and Medicaid programs Friday, and a report suggests it could face closure.
This is another setback for the hospital, which suffered a major air-conditioning system failure last month, forcing dozens of patients to be transferred to its sister institution, West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park.
While the notice didn't elaborate on why it deemed Weiss not "compliant" with its guidelines, the hospital's air-conditioning system failed last month.
The announcement comes after the hospital's air-conditioning system failed last month, forcing dozens of patients to be transferred to its sister institution, West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park.
The U.S. Senate muscled through its version of President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" spending package, which nonpartisan analysts say would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt in the next decade. It now goes back to the House for another vote as early as Wednesday. Three Republican senators voted against it, and Vice President JD Vance had to cast a tiebreaking vote.
President Trump's budget bill, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which adds new requirements to and cuts Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts, has passed the House budget committee vote.
"We are going to pay the lowest price there is in the world," President Trump said Monday.
President Trump is signing an executive order Monday that he says could bring down the cost of some medications. He tried and failed to implement the plan in his first term but was blocked by federal courts. It likely will only cover drugs on Medicare Part B.
A recent poll found a majority of the public oppose federal cuts to health care, especially to Medicaid and Medicare.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood are in Romeoville Thursday to discuss attacks by the Trump Administration on Social Security.
Changes are coming to Medicare in 2025, but a fair happening Saturday is helping seniors understand the system and how it'll be different next year. Silver Cross Hospital's Lisa Stockdale talks more on the event.
Scammers have taken more than $100 million meant for senior citizens' Medicare bills, which comes from taxpayer money. The fraud scheme was exposed after swindlers made $3 billion worth of fake Medicare claims.
Scammers took more than $100 million meant for senior citizens' Medicare bills, which comes from taxpayer money. Lauren Victory reports.
The White House announced earlier Thursday, Medicare has reached agreements with drug manufacturers on lower prices for all 10 of the drugs selected for the initial round of negotiation.
An estimated 8-and-a-half million Americans rely on the diabetes medication insulin to survive. Recent changes cap the cost at $35 a month, but many, either uninsured or not on Medicare, don't qualify for this price.
