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Medicaid Expansion:342,000 Illinoisans Need Your Help
Date:
05/20/2013 
CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
SB26: Medicaid Expansion Bill Passes Out of Senate and Moves to House.
- UPDATE: SB26 has been posted for Human Services Committee Hearing May 21st
WE NEED YOU TO TAKE ACTION TODAY:
1. Call your state representative and ask them to support SB26.
Use the ‘Illinois Affordable Health Care Hotline': 888-616-3322
Lawmakers Join Drive to Cut Wasteful Tax Expenditures
Date:
04/19/2013 
Backing legislation to eliminate wasteful tax expenditures in the FY2014 budget, more than a dozen state senators and representatives joined with Citizen Action/Illinois and other members of the Responsible Budget Coalition at an April 18 state Capitol news conference.
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Full text of SB 1159 Senate Committee Examines Corporate Tax Loopholes
Date:
04/05/2013 
From The Alton Daily News:
Senate Committee Looks at Loopholes
By Nick Gale, 4/5/13
Citizen Action/ Illinois Calls for Medicare Price Negotiations
Date:
04/04/2013 
Rockford, IL– On April 3, Citizen Action/IL and IARA stood with local seniors at a press conference to demand Congress lift the prohibition on Medicare price negotiations. The press event was held at the historic Booker Washington Community Center in Rockford Illinois. The groups announced their support for Senator Rockefeller's legislation to allow negotiations, which could save Illinois close to $3 Billion over ten years. Also, they committed to keep the pressure on Congressional members in the area.
Citizen Action/Illinois and IARA Join with Federal Employees at Chicago Rally to Stop the Sequester
Date:
03/21/2013 
Citizen Action/Illinois and IARA Join with Federal Employees at Chicago Rally to Stop the Sequester
Sequester Cuts will Severely Impact Government Services to Public
CA/IL Co-Director Lynda DeLaforgue Joins Panel on Part-Time Workers' Struggles
Date:
03/27/2013 
From progressillinois.com:
Labor Advocates Hold Hearing To Address Part-Time Workers' Economic Struggles
by Ellyn Fortino
Tuesday March 26th, 2013
Citizens Tell Senator Kirk: Stand Up for IL Families, Support Balanced Resolution to Budget Sequester
Date:
02/25/2013 
[Springfield, IL] – On Thursday, February 21, Citizen Action/Illinois joined with the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, Illinois AFL-CIO, the Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, NAACP and Action NOW for a press conference outside the Springfield office of Senator Mark Kirk. Speakers highlighted the impact of $85 billion in across-the-board program cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 if Congress doesn’t resolve the debate over the budget sequester.
Medicaid Expansion in Illinois
Date:
02/12/2013 
Medicaid Expansion in Illinois
On February 5th, Medicaid expansion legislation (SB26) moved out of committee in the Illinois Senate. SB26 is a critical component of the Affordable Care Act. It is designed to get Illinois’ uninsured into the main-stream health care system.
Support SB26: A New Medicaid Oppportunity for Illinois --- Fact Sheet
Date:
01/18/2013 
Support SB26: A New Medicaid Opportunity for Illinois
SB26 would allow for 342,000 low-income adults in Illinois to be newly eligible for and enrolled in Medicaid over the next four years. Coverage for those who enroll would start on Jan 1, 2014. Enrollment starts Oct 2013.
SB26 includes language that would cease coverage for this new population if the federal government’s share of Medicaid matching funds drops below 90%. The federal government pays 100% of the costs of the newly eligible from 2014 through 2016.
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