Illinois Medicaid Cuts Fall Short By $464 Million

Governor Pat Quinn's plan to save the state's beleaguered Medicaid program $1.6 billion has fallen short by $464 million, according to a new report.

While some components of the plan have been successfully implemented, such as dropping Medicaid coverage for thousands of working parents and eliminating coverage of dental care and visits to chiropractors for adults, others have not been implemented. Other components, such as changing the way citizens are deemed eligible for nursing home care, have been rejected by the federal government.

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