Illinois Grapples With Medical Debt, Care Access as Medicaid Work Requirements Loom | Chicago News | WTTW - 九游下载

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Nobel Medicine Prize Goes to 3 Scientists for Shining Light on Brain Activity [...] Cook County Health CEO Dr. Erik Mikaitis previously told WTTW News the county health system is bracing for 400,000 Illinois residents to lose health insurance coverage in 2027, largely due to Medicaid work requirements that go into effect in the new year.

These Medicaid changes are expected to contribute to a $138 million drop in revenue and $100 million increase in charity care costs for Cook County Health. [...] “When someone has to take on medical debt for the care that they received yesterday, that actually impacts them wanting to seek care tomorrow,” said Steph Willding, the CEO of CommunityHealth, a volunteer-based health center that provides free care to uninsured patients in clinics around Chicago.

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As a result, “cancers are found later, disease management is a challenge, and emergency department utilization tends to rise,” Willding said.

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