Copay requirements paused for noncitizens on state health plan
IDHFS says it’s not ready to implement cost-saving measure implemented by Pritzker administration.
Medicaid Navigators and clients point to errors costing eligible people their insurance
A federal agency is alarmed by the magnitude of Medicaid coverage losses in states including Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. In recent letters sent separately to each state, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, raised concerns about the high rates of people losing Medicaid insurance. The letters pointed to people who were kicked off Medicaid,…
Serving farm fresh food in schools is getting big federal support — but will ‘farm to school’ stick?
It’s a hot, buggy morning and Derrick Hoffman is poking around a densely packed row of bushy cherry tomato plants. Behind him, rows of peppers, eggplant, kale and broccoli are still soaking up the sun, while just a few country roads away, bok choy and butter lettuce sprout under hoop house protection. But in the…
217 Today: Serving farm fresh food in schools is getting big federal support — but will ‘farm to school’ stick?
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois state representative Maura Hirschauer is enlisting gun control advocates to help revive a bill targeting domestic violence. A bell from the unfinished World War Two battleship, USS Illinois, was used in Champaign, to remember those lost in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. Five workers are still hospitalized after…