Quinn Unveils Medicaid Plan to Ease Illinois Shortfall
Gov. Pat Quinn proposed a plan to close a 2.7 billion Medicaid gap by removing about 215,000 people, raising cigarette taxes, and cutting payments to doctors and hospitals. The Illinois Hospital Association warned cuts could endanger access to care, with Southern Illinois and inner-city Chicago at greatest risk, as providers already lose money under low reimbursements.
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Pat Quinn
Illinois Hospital Association
IHA
Maryjane Worth
Illinois
Chicago
Rex Budde
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Quinn to unveil pension plan amid Medicaid overhaul
Quinn targets adult diapers and weight loss programs to shrink a $2.7 billion Medicaid deficit. The story notes an upcoming pension reform plan rollout today, with further details on page 3A.
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Quinn
Thesouthern.com
Quinn aims to raise cigarette tax as Medicaid overhaul faces GOP concerns
In Springfield Republicans and some Democrats question Gov. Pat Quinn’s bid to raise the state cigarette tax by 1 per pack as part of Medicaid reform. The plan would lift the tax to 1.98 per pack, placing Illinois 15th in the nation for cigarette taxes.
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Springfield
Pat Quinn
Illinois
In Zone Seeks High Tech Zone Partnership
IN THE ZONE invites interest in joining the High Tech Zone project and offers information via email to Sam Goldman at sgoldman siu.edu for details.
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Sam Goldman
sgoldman@siu
High tech zone eyed around SI airport expansion
Public Safety Building hosts lunch on growing SIU Carbondale area economy. Leaders Sam Goldman Gary Shafer and Jeff Doherty outline plans to expand non aviation development around the seventh busiest airport in Illinois. They cite $80 million in recent projects, upgrades to Airport Road, and a large state federal funding window for manufacturing innovation institutes as catalysts.
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Public Safety
Southern Illinois
SIU Carbondale
Sam Goldman
Gary Shafer
Jackson County Growth Alliance
Jeff Doherty
Goldman
Shafer
SIU
Doherty
Jackson County
U.S
Barack Obama
Durbin Kirk push for new disaster aid formula reform
Senators Durbin and Kirk push a bipartisan bill to force FEMA to disclose the disaster aid eligibility formula. The Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act would weight each category and factor in local economy, tax base, median income, and poverty levels to improve aid decisions following severe Illinois storms.
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Kirk
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S
Dick Durbin
Mark Kirk
FEMA
Pat Quinn
Illinois
Quinn
Gory
Housing board divided over ousting chairman in March vote
Union County Housing Authority members moved to remove Chairman Ron Bittle citing incompetence and malfeasance. Four votes in favor at the March 26 meeting prompted attorney Allen James to notify Bittle that the board asked Randy Lambdin to oust him. Bittle questioned motives tied to funding and hiring practices.
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Union County Housing Authority Board
Ron Bittle
Union County Board
Randy Lambdin
Union County Housing Authority
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Lambdin
Bittle
James
Jack Stokes
Marsha Yates
Donna Hunt
Mary McMahan
Ken Blandford
Paula Stairs
Housing Authority
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