Capitol Briefs: Pritzker executive order creates advisory council for affordable sickle cell treatment
Council to recommend how the Illinois Medicaid program can cover new, expensive therapies
Tag: Health
Democratic leaders poised to revisit Biometric Information Privacy Act after court rulings
Business groups have long sought changes to statute that’s led to hundreds of lawsuits
Capitol Briefs: State reports COVID-19 outbreak at veterans home, gets mixed review for tobacco policies
Virus activity trending downward after holiday spike; Lung Association says Illinois failing in two areas
Lawmakers introduce bill to create state prescription drug price oversight board
Governor-appointed board would have authority to cap drug costs
State awards over $10 million to Southern Illinois Healthcare Cancer Institute
Infrastructure funding helps expand cancer treatment in far southern Illinois
Public health officials urge caution around respiratory illnesses
The Illinois Department of Public Health is urging caution before the holiday season.
Buoyed by state funding, new biomedical research hub launches in Chicago
With vocal support from the governor and $25 million from the state, biomedical researchers are beginning to work on studying ...
UPDATE: State-run developmental center in Dixon will not lose Medicare funding despite citations
A state-operated residential facility that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities will not lose Medicare funding despite receiving recent ...
7 years after passage, Illinois’ first in string of recent abortion protections gets day in court
In 2016 – before Donald Trump’s presidency paved the way for the eventual overturning of Roe v. Wade – Democrats ...
Copay requirements paused for noncitizens on state health plan
The state has paused a new policy requiring certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copayments ...
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