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Keep Insurance Affordable
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] The Illinois General Assembly is considering legislation (HB 3799, SA 2 &3) that could make homeowners insurance unaffordable for many Illinoisans. The proposal would destabilize a healthy, competitive market, creating a regulatory framework that is more extreme than what exists in any other state. This will increase premiums and reduce competition. Our robust insurance market has kept homeowners’ rates middle-of-the-pack nationally, even though Illinois has more hail damage claims than any other state except Texas. To protect affordability and consumer choice, lawmakers should VOTE NO. For more information, visit www.KeepInsuranceAffordable.org
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Big Tax-Exempt Hospitals Are Turning Patient Discounts Into Corporate Profits
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Across Illinois, large hospital systems and corporate PBMs are profiting from a program meant to help patients. The 340B program allows hospitals to buy medications at steep discounts, but those savings aren’t passed on to patients in need. Instead, large hospitals charge patients full price for 340B-discounted drugs, keep the difference, and share the cash with for-profit chain pharmacies and PBMs.
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340B Unites Patients, Providers And Community Leaders
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Illinois hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers are united behind 340B. This was clear at a Feb. 1 rally in Chicago that brought together nearly 1,000 Illinois patients, healthcare providers, community leaders and lawmakers to celebrate this vital federal program. Why is the 340B Drug Pricing Program so important? Because it helps health centers and hospitals provide affordable medications and essential services to vulnerable patients, improving individual health, the health of communities, and our state’s overall healthcare system. 340B does this by allowing healthcare providers serving large numbers of low-income and uninsured patients to invest drug cost savings into chronic disease management, behavioral health, and more. Yet drugmakers are unilaterally imposing restrictions that serve to boost their bottom lines while low-income Illinoisans lose healthcare access. The Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Illinois Primary Health Care Association, and Association of Safety Net Community Hospitals are fighting for 340B. We agree with the lead House sponsor of HB 2371, State Rep. Anna Moeller, who said at the rally that drugmaker “restrictions hurt the very people this program was designed to help.” “During a time when the federal government is cutting funding for healthcare for families across the state, we should be doing everything we can to bring vital resources to support patients and their healthcare providers—resources like 340B that cost nothing to taxpayers or the state of Illinois,” Rep. Moeller said. Stand with patients, hospitals and FQHCs for 340B. Learn more. 
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