The current legislation, backed by Gov. Pat Quinn, is less than the $2.7 billion in cuts Gov. Quinn originally proposed. The measure includes $240 million in reimbursement cuts to hospitals and nursing homes but excludes physicians, 51 rural community hospitals and 20 urban hospitals, according to the report.
Gov. Quinn’s original plan included Medicaid rate reductions of $675 million. Other revenue-generating components of the original plan, including a $1 cigarette tax increase, will be looked at separately but “are needed to make the plan work,” according to the report.
Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago), a sponsor of the legislation and a Medicaid work group member, expects a vote in the House later this week.
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