Prairie State Wire

Bailey says Pritzker is making 'decisions that should be between an individual and their doctor'

By John Suayan | Nov 12, 2021

A state senator asserted that Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democrats forsook families by amending the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act to prevent it from being used as a loophole to avoid complying with COVID mandates.

Latest COVID-19 relief plan will lift ‘hundreds of children’ out of poverty in Illinois: Durbin

By John Suayan | Apr 9, 2021

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) touted the American Rescue Plan as a way for 330,000 children in Illinois to be lifted out of poverty.

Compiling state's official COVID-19 death tally is a tedious process without uniform standards

By John Suayan | Jun 26, 2020

Local health departments are tasked with helping the Illinois Public Health Department produce an accurate COVID-19 death toll for the state, but the former is doing so without any uniform standards from Springfield.

Insurance reform expert Tucker warns House GOP there is more to MCO tax than meets the eye

By John Suayan | May 24, 2019

A renowned expert on health insurance and public policy stands opposed to an insurance tax that would generate hundreds of millions of dollars to be allocated for Medicaid to obtain matching federal funds.