Some lawmakers wary of plan to move foster children into managed care
Some lawmakers wary of plan to move foster children into managed care
The state of Illinois is about to overhaul the way it provides health care to an estimated 74,000 of the state’s most vulnerable children and young adults, and the prospect of that is making many lawmakers and health care providers nervous. At issue is a plan by the Department of Children and Family Services to place all of the children under its charge into a single managed care health insurance program by Nov. 1.
Illinois Secure Choice program takes aim at ‘retirement crisis’
Illinois Secure Choice was created by state law in 2015, requiring businesses with 25 employees or more to offer retirement savings plans or take part in the new program which automatically enrolls employees in a state-created but independently managed retirement plan. While the program is overseen by the treasurer’s office and an appointed, unpaid board of advisors, the money invested...