Gov. JB Pritzker did not include funding for the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program in this year’s budget proposal. Combined HBIA and Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors spending in fiscal year 2024 was $682 million. Since inception, the total HBIS and HBIA program has cost Illinois taxpayers more than $1.6 billion.
State Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago points out “I want you to go back to there being a victory lap by the administration about helping these individuals and simultaneously filing emergency rules to kill the program.” Thank you Curtis, for pointing out Pritzker’s strategy of taking credit for things the state is ultimately unable to pay for, or are unconstitutional. Welcome to the Republican Party and keep talking!
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
And so it should be, cut it!
State Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago points out “I want you to go back to there being a victory lap by the administration about helping these individuals and simultaneously filing emergency rules to kill the program.” Thank you Curtis, for pointing out Pritzker’s strategy of taking credit for things the state is ultimately unable to pay for, or are unconstitutional. Welcome to the Republican Party and keep talking!