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Healthcare The private sector trend in reducing health benefits offered to workers, particularly in low-wage jobs, the sluggish economic recovery in Illinois and rising health care costs indicate that the public sector's role in providing access to health care to low- and, increasingly, middle-income, uninsured families will only grow over time. However, as health care costs continue to skyrocket at an unsustainable pace, all levels of government grapple with financing the health care safety-net. The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability provides data-based, in-depth analysis of the public health care system and the impact it has on government, taxpayers and low-income individuals. Analysis & Reports June 2007 The Finance Workgroup of the Illinois Older Adult Services Advisory Committee, of which CTBA is a part, releases a primer on how Illinois finances long-term care for older adults.
The State of Illinois Shortchanges Cook County on Federal Medicaid Funds February 2007
An analysis of the role “intergovernmental transfers”
and the “upper payment limit” play in financing Illinois’ Medicaid
program. These financing mechanisms are critical to funding health
care for poor and low-income individuals throughout the state. CTBA is pleased to announce the release of a study comparing the value of the tax breaks received by Cook County non-profit hospitals to the charity care they provide in return. The Impact of State Budget Shortfalls on Payments to Medicaid Health Care Providers Proposed Federal Cuts Threaten Illinois’ Medicaid Program
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