Pritzker signs birth equity initiative into law, celebrates Medicaid expansion
State-regulated insurance plans will be required to cover midwife services next year
healthcare
State health care committee continues to press pharmaceutical middlemen
Federal, state pressure ramps up as industry revenues soar
Illinois faces backlash over bid to end oversight of disability services
As hearings begin this week, independent court monitor says state’s services are ‘in stark contrast to national best practices’
Pritzker signs health insurance reform measures
New law bans practices aimed at lowering insurance payouts
Pritzker calls SCOTUS emergency abortion ruling ‘small respite’ as state protections await his signature
Democrats passed measure in May that sought to codify federal law if it was stricken down
Health insurance changes targeting ‘utilization management,’ more will head to governor
Pritzker first announced the initiative during his budget address
Nursing home industry unlikely to see much help from Springfield in tough budget year
Nursing homes still grappling with worker shortage, cost increases
Immigrant advocates tout new report showing benefits of state-funded health plans
Noncitizen health care cost estimates have continued to decline since Pritzker capped enrollment
New birth center to open on Chicago’s South Side as Pritzker touts proposed maternal health spending
Leaders say new site was made possible by 2021 change to state law
With budget proposal and fiery address, Pritzker paints himself as progressive pragmatist
Governor’s spending plan advances progressive-backed policies in tight fiscal landscape
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