Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid

[TexasTowelie]

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois residents who have health coverage through Medicaid now have access to a broad range of services including mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, smoking cessation and dental services.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday, July 6, signed Senate Bill 2294, which passed unanimously out of both chambers during the spring legislative session.

“This legislation that I'm signing into law today is a product of our passionately dedicated, bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators who are part of the Medicaid legislative working group,” Pritzker said at a bill signing ceremony in suburban Chicago. “… For all the naysayers that always seem to bad-talk the state of Illinois, few other states can say that they have an annual commitment shared across both sides of the aisle to hash out how to make health care access for millions of Illinoisans who rely on Medicaid even better.”

Among many provisions, the bill provides that people covered under Medicaid will continue to be eligible throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency and for up to 12 months after the emergency expires.

Read more: https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/capitol-recap-pritzker-signs-bill-expanding-medicaid

[Ford_Prefect]

1. I notice there is no campaign to recall this Governor. I wonder why that is?

Imagine...

[murielm99]

2. That is because we are a blue state.

But there are a lot of republicans just waiting to take him out. The election is going to be hell. We will have to fight hard for him.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. I did think that my sarcasm was obvious.

Since we have a toxic GQP addicted to power who are willing to trash any public good for another fix I'd say beware the ides of march (or maybe sooner).