The state owes Memorial Medical Center $46.3 million from the state employees’ group health insurance program in addition to $10.9 million in Medicaid bills, according to the Journal-Register. Illinois owes St. John’s Hospital $30 million under the state’s employee insurance plan.
Memorial Medical Center CEO Edgar Curtis has assured the hospital does not have plans to cut jobs or freeze hiring despite the continuing budget impasse, according to the article.
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