Feds Probing Massive State Contract that Failed Foster Kids with Inadequate Health Care – Illinois Answers Project

Centene has been paid $370 million under Illinois’ YouthCare contract since 2020, government records show, yet produced an individualized plan of care for fewer than 8% of the Illinois foster children who had the greatest need during the first quarter of last year. The failures forced foster parents to grapple with a health care program that was often underperforming and in disarray.