Thousands more people would get access to Medicaid under a proposed Illinois law – WBEZ (Chicago)

Dubbed Healthy Illinois For All, the proposal would add an estimated nearly 150,000 low-income people to the state’s Medicaid health insurance program. This group includes people who are undocumented or have been legal residents for fewer than five years and are 19 to 54 years old. These are the last populations in Illinois who aren’t eligible for Medicaid, or for insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
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Fed up neighbor
2 years ago

Undocumented ain’t that a bi-ch

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