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The Department of Healthcare and Family Services recommends that people up for Medicaid renewals set up online accounts at abe.illinois.gov, verify that their current addresses are on file, and ...
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), formerly the Department of Public Aid, [1] is the code department [2] [3] of the Illinois state government that is responsible for providing healthcare coverage for adults and children who qualify for Medicaid, and for providing child support services to help ensure that Illinois children receive financial support from both parents.
The latest numbers for the state-funded Medicaid-like benefit show costs exceeding budget as the implementation of cost-sharing measures lag Illinois will pause enrollment in health care program ...
Enrollment in the marketplaces started on October 1, 2013, and continued for six months. As of April 19, 2014, 8.02 million people had signed up through the health insurance marketplaces. An additional 4.8 million joined Medicaid. [3] Enrollment for 2015 began on November 15, 2014, and ended on December 15, 2014. [4]
A report by the Kaiser Family Foundation in April 2008 found that US economic downturns place a significant strain on state Medicaid and SCHIP programs. The authors estimated that a 1% increase in the unemployment rate increase Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment by 1 million, and increase the number uninsured by 1.1 million.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. There were over 79 million Americans enrolled in the program as of October ...
By 1986, seven states had implemented PCCM programs. [3] By 1990, that number had grown to 19. [4] States were motivated to implement PCCM programs for several reasons. States wanted to increase access to health care. State officials tried giving participating physicians a small payment to encourage physicians to accept more Medicaid beneficiaries.
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90) authorized states to implement an HIPP program. HIPP is for families who have at least one person who gets Medicaid and can get private insurance through a family member's work. As of 2008, relatively few states had premium assistance programs, and enrollment was relatively low.