Cuts to Medicaid would especially impact the most vulnerable in communities, such as low-income individuals and people with disabilities, according to state Democratic congressional members.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker is blaming the Trump administration for potential Medicaid cuts, but Black Republicans in Chicago disagree. The governor was in the Windy City Friday to criticize President Donald Trump,

Top Illinois Democrats led by Gov. JB Pritzker and Dick Durbin made public appeal for help in the fight against potential cuts to Medicaid.

The governor traveled to Washington Tuesday to push for the release of frozen federal funds to Illinois and to warn of pending GOP budget cut to Medicaid affecting more than 700,000 Illinois residents.

There’s no chance that the state of Illinois could pay the $7.5 billion to keep everybody covered,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. “That’s just the reality, that if Donald Trump and

Reactions are mixed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposal to spend tens of millions of dollars on reproductive health initiatives. The governor’s budget for fiscal year 2026 maintains fiscal 2025 funding levels on services that include abortion.

Illinois has erased another $220 million in medical debt for thousands of residents as Gov. JB Pritzker continues to make progress on a medical debt relief program promising to cancel $1 billion of debt over the next several years.

The report found more than 6,000 people enrolled in the state-funded programs were classified as “undocumented” despite actually having social security numbers. Some of those people were green card holders who would have instead qualified for health coverage like Medicaid or traditional insurance.

Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress: “Once again, Donald Trump showe

Pritzker warned Medicaid cuts would mean rural hospitals in Illinois would be shuttered. Meanwhile the governor said popular programs like Meals on Wheels “are on the federal chopping block” as the Trump administration briefly blocked routine federal ...

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is blaming the Trump administration for potential Medicaid cuts, but Black Republicans in Chicago disagree. The governor was in the Windy City Friday to ...