By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News

 

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois taxpayer-subsidized health care for state retirees could end with legislation moving through the Illinois House. 

SPRINGFIELD — Two health-care advocacy groups are predicting thousands of job losses and billions of dollars in economic damage to Illinois, if Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to conjure $2.7 billion in savings from the Medicaid program is implemented.

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn wants to deflate ballooning Medicaid costs with higher cigarette taxes. He also wants to terminate some health-care services for more than 300,000 Illinoisans.

“If we don’t deal with this problem right now, it’ll just get worse,” he said. “It’ll be billions and billions of dollars out of balance. We can’t afford that.”

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn wants to deflate ballooning Medicaid costs by ending some health-care services for more than 300,000 Illinoisans and increasing the cigarette tax.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON — To fiscal conservatives and pension system reformers, Illinois is a cautionary tale.

For numbers crunchers like Steven Malanga, Wisconsin is a guide to fiscal thriftiness.