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Archive coverage tagged Illinois. For the dated policy tracker, see the Illinois state page.
14 articles · Jan 7, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026
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Every year, Illinois prisons incarcerate about 30,000 people at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. Nearly half of those people have a history of mental illness.
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“There were so many points along that mother's journey where that could have been caught and treated,” Amanda Wilkinson says.
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Illinois mental health courts are showing mixed results as they work to divert people with mental illness and addiction from the criminal justice system into treatment,…
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Data breaches were disclosed by Southern Illinois Dermatology, Saint Anthony Hospital, and North Texas Behavioral Health Authority. The post Data Breaches at Healthcare…
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Physician and public health professional Dr. Kemia Sarraf (“Dr. K”) with no regret shares with the world her experience with impostor syndrome through a video noting…
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Kimberly Miller-Griffin reimagines mental health care and brings back community legacy in Bronzeville. The post ‘This Is Where I Belong’ appeared first on South Side…
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A grassroots campaign that united patients and providers succeeded in expanding mental health care access. Here’s how.
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President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to cut more than $100 million in federal health care grants for Illinois, a step that was quickly met with a lawsuit…
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In a first wave of cuts, at least $29 million in Illinois grants are on the chopping block, including city, state and other health centers' HIV prevention programs,…
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Medicaid resources for the behavioral health conditions of jail inmates could be available up to 90 days prior to their release date.
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From delayed hospital trips to limited nutrition, former detainees describe gaps in pregnancy care inside Illinois county jails.
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Innovative value-based care arrangement specifically targets complex challenges facing Medicaid beneficiaries in 17 Illinois counties BROOKLYN, N.Y. and CHICAGO, Jan. 7,…
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Wayspring, an organization dedicated to advancing care for substance use disorder, and Aetna Better Health of Illinois have partnered to deliver a new model of recovery…
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