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Our mission to remove barriers to healthcare access and well-being continues

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2019 brings help at home services to Medicare – it may be the catalyst for bigger changes in healthcare delivery and effectiveness. https://t.co/Re9sklSDWq

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Medicare pays for most of seniors’ medical care but does not cover supportive in-home services. We cover more in our monthly newsletter. https://t.co/Re9skmaeNY

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2019 brings us Public Act 100-1118, the Short Term Limited Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act. This was a hard-won victory, so read more about it in our newsletter. https://t.co/wpq05PYu4S

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CMS has released its first evaluation report on Illinois’ Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative. Read more in our most recent newsletter. https://t.co/wpq05Qg5ts

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Roll-out of Illinois’ integrated health homes has been delayed. Read more about it in our IHM newsletter. https://t.co/wpq05PYu4S

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Is a public option a good idea for Illinois? We think so! https://t.co/wpq05PYu4S

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A public health insurance option for Illinois could be done a couple of different ways. https://t.co/wpq05PYu4S

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Illinois has the tools in place to move forward with a "Medicaid buy-in" - will we do it? https://t.co/wpq05PYu4S

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Because Medicaid is a state program & has more-comprehensive coverage than Medicare, a "buy-in" may work better than "Medicare for all". https://t.co/wpq05PYu4S

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"llinoisCares" would let residents buy insurance from the state, rather than a commercial plan. https://t.co/wpq05PYu4S

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.@JBPritzker's platform included "IllinoisCares," a public health insurance option for all Illinois residents. https://t.co/wpq05Qg5ts

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Did you see our December newsletter? We talk about whether 2019 will bring Medicaid buy-in to Illinois. https://t.co/wpq05Qg5ts

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Call your current IL state senator & state rep, of whatever political stripe and whatever status – reelected, defeated, retiring – we need them all! https://t.co/IBjmLBEqIj

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The IL veto session is today, tomorrow and November and 27-29. Here’s what we need to get done... https://t.co/IBjmLBW26T

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Our November newsletter is out! Help safeguard Illinois residents from the Trump Administration’s short-term health plans, essentially a form of junk insurance. https://t.co/IBjmLBW26T

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Recently signed into law: a bill giving Medicaid managed care patients the right to dis-enroll if their primary care provider leaves the plan. Read more about it in our IHM newsletter. https://t.co/tFc5AH5eeR

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House Deputy Majority Leader @StateRepLouLang (D-16) of Skokie was the chief sponsor of SB 1707, Illinois' new mental health parity law. https://t.co/tFc5AHmP6p

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SB 1707, a bipartisan mental health parity bill, was enacted as part of an Illinois GOP response to the opioid crisis. https://t.co/tFc5AH5eeR

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Our September newsletter is out! Illinois has a strong new mental health parity law. https://t.co/tFc5AH5eeR