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[The following is a paid advertisement.]

Oppose $810 million in proposed FY 2016 hospital Medicaid cuts because:

• Hospitals did take a $27 million hit to address the FY2015 budget gap by paying an additional $27 million in assessments to the State – effectively the same as a cut.

• Hospitals are targeted for MORE THAN HALF – $810 million – of the Governor’s proposed overall Medicaid cut of $1.5 billion – even though they are only about ONE THIRD of the Medicaid budget.

• Drastic hospital cuts will mean:

o The loss of critical health care services like pediatrics, obstetrics, and mental health for everyone, not just Medicaid patients.
o Working families and businesses will have to pay more for health care.
o The loss of more than 12,800 jobs and $1.8 billion in economic activity statewide.

• $1 billion in Illinois hospital Medicaid cuts have been imposed since 2011.

• $1.9 billion in Illinois hospital Medicare cuts have been imposed since 2010.

• As a result, 40% of hospitals across Illinois are operating in the red.

Cutting Medicaid in the FY2016 budget is shortsighted and will result in real harm to people and communities.

For more information, go to www.TransformingIllinoisHealthCare.org.

posted by Advertising Department
Thursday, May 7, 15 @ 10:07 am

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