Pritzker removing some non-citizens from Medicaid with new Illinois budget – Center Square

Alleging the Trump administration wants to take health care away from people, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker this week signed a state budget that does just that. “It was a program that had been growing significantly in cost,” Pritzker said. “I do believe that everybody should have health care. I also know that we have to live within our means.”
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Deb
10 months ago

How about taking all illegals off Medicaid and cancellation of the debit cards and free housing.

Call my shrink
10 months ago

Probably the ones who will die before next election. Won’t be any use to him so hasta la vista

MsT
10 months ago

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires that in emergency situations, emergency rooms must treat to stabilization. So while the budget is taking out the cost of a program, it’s not going to change the EMTALA requirements for facilities like Cook County and other trauma centers. High rates of uncompensated care will result in higher costs for insured, non-Medicare, non-Medicaid patients which will be absorbed by employers. Illinois’ insistence on welcoming illegal migration puts a strain on institutions, tax payers and the insured. A shrinking population of working aged citizens cannot support the aged, the uninsured, and the… Read more »

Bear19
10 months ago

NON-CITIZEN = NO BENEFITS
why is this so hard to understand? Bleeding heart libs have destroyed this country

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