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State changes Medicaid for the worse!

Illinois citizens should be up in arms about the so-called Medicaid reforms contained in the SMART bill that recently passed the state senate and house and at press time was awaiting the signature of the governor. Those changes will adversely impact many residents of the state. These changes were made to the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2011 by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) despite the vigorous lobbying of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). They amount to an assault on the financial security of many citizens of the state. Assault on Homesteads A home held …

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