Healthy Illinois Campaign Statement Regarding State Of Illinois Implementing Limited Co-Payments For Immigrant Healthcare Services

HFS will implement co-payments and co-insurance for some nonemergency services for enrollees in HBIA and HBIS.

Healthy Illinois Campaign Statement Regarding State Of Illinois Pausing Enrollment For Health Benefits For Immigrant Seniors Program

We urge HFS and the Pritzker administration to protect, preserve and expand the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIA) and HBIS programs.

Healthy Illinois Rally Aims To “Restore & Protect Health Care For All”

Healthcare experts and public officials with community leaders rallied in downtown Chicago today to demand coverage for all.

Healthy Illinois Campaign Statement Regarding State Of Illinois Delaying Co-Pays For Immigrant Healthcare Programs

HFS announced a delay in implementing co-pays for healthcare services provided under HBIA/HBIS programs.

HEALTHY IL APPLAUDS ILLINOIS FOR PROTECTING HEALTHCARE FOR 50,000 IMMIGRANTS AGES 42+ AND  CALLS ON LEADERS TO EXPAND HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL

We thank the Illinois General Assembly for defending and continuing coverage for state residents ages 42+.

A DECADE OF STATE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS VICTORIES:Moving Toward Health Careand Economic Justice for All

In Illinois, advocates and organizers have been working strategically in the state legislature for years to ensure that everyone has access to coverage regardless of status, beginning with seniors and expanding to include all people in the state. The Healthy Illinois Coalition, directed by Tovia Siegel, has led this effort.

Healthy Illinois Welcomes Opportunity to Partner with Governor Pritzker, Illinois Lawmakers to Ensure Affordable, Accessible Health Care Coverage for All Illinoisans

We thank the Governor and his Administration for enacting HBIA and HBIS- pioneering programs that extend health coverage to low-income Illinoisans who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid but for immigration status.

A State Campaign to Expand Health Coverage to Noncitizen Older Adults

Undocumented immigrants are barred from accessing federally-funded public health insurance programs, like Medicaid.

Healthy Illinois Campaign In The News

The Fight To Save State’s Immigrant Health Care Program: ‘We Are Not A Burden. We Contribute’
Block Club Chicago
Imperiled immigrant health programs help buoy hospitals, report says
Crain's Chicago Business
New study suggests insuring immigrants in Illinois gives hospitals a financial lift
WBEZ Chicago
Research Links HBIA/HBIS Expansion to Major Cost Savings Amid Proposed State Budget Cuts
UofC Embodying Race(ism) Lab
Advocates Rally in Springfield to Save Immigrant Healthcare Program
Health News Illinois
Healthy Illinois holds Springfield rally to maintain healthcare for all.
Capitol Fax
Noncitizens in Illinois could lose state-funded health insurance. Here’s what to know
Springfield State Journal-Register
Immigrant families scramble as state health insurance for some noncitizens faces the axe in Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget plan
Chicago Tribune
Health coverage for Chicago area immigrants jeopardized in Gov. Pritzker’s budget proposal
Chicago Sun-Times
State-Led Health Insurance Coverage Expansions for Noncitizens
Urban Institute

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