Health Insurance Illinois
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"), Pub. L. No. 104-191, is a federal statute that provides for the development of uniform national health information data standards and privacy standards. In adopting the Act, Congress determined that the provisions of HIPAA would preempt any contrary state law unless the state law is more stringent than the related provision of HIPAA or unless a specific exception applies. Therefore, in order for various affected entities in Illinois to fully comply with the provisions of HIPAA, these entities must determine how compliance with HIPAA will affect Illinois law. ... [Read More]
Welcome to the State of Illinois Web Site
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich proclaimed July Health Care Month in the state of Illinois, launching a month-long effort to expand, improve and promote access to health care for Illinois families. During the month of July, the Governor will sign new laws designed to improve access to health care for working families and seniors, enact meaningful medical malpractice reform, ease the nursing shortage, provide hospitals with nearly $2 billion in new federal funds, help senior citizens afford the high cost of prescription drugs, increase critical cancer screening for women, raise awareness about various diseases, and increase funding for diabetes research. “To me, health care isn’t a privilege – it’s a right. That’s why we’re doing everything we can to make sure more people have health care, to make it more affordable, accessible and to help hospitals, doctors and nurses do their jobs. And if you live in Illinois and health care matters to you, July is goin ... [Read More]
State of Illinois Business Portal - Helping Small Businesses Access More Affordable Health Insurance
Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce are developing an initiative to explore ways in which the Chicagoland Chamber and chambers across the state can serve as aggregators of health insurance for their members and affiliates. The goal is to create a suite of health insurance offerings for small businesses that would reduce health insurance costs while creating predictability to spur growth and success. Gov. Blagojevich highlighted skyrocketing health insurance costs in his State of the State address on the heels of yet another year in which the majority of Chamber members experienced double-digit health insurance premium hikes. The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce is completing a survey to determine the insurance needs of small businesses. Click here to give us your input by filling out the survey . This survey is one component of a process - working with underwriters, the insurance community, small business owners and other associations across the state - to inve ... [Read More]
State of Illinois - Living in Illinois Section
KidCare is a state program that offers health care coverage to children, pregnant women and their babies, or helps in paying premiums of employer or private health insurance plans. ... Health Benefits for Workers with Disabilities (HBWD) helps people with disabilities return to work with full Medicaid health care benefits. HBWD enrollees are not only encouraged to work, but also increase the number of hours they are currently working. ... [Read More]
Contraceptive Coverage - Welcome
It seems obvious to say that women should have the same access to affordable health care as men. But right now women pay an average of 68% more in out of pocket health care costs than men do because of the cost associated with reproductive healthcare. And recently, some pharmacists have been refusing to fill birth control prescriptions, making contraceptives even less accessible to women who need them. I am making sure that women, like men, have immediate access to more affordable health care. ... [Read More]
Insure Kids Now! A national initiative to linking families to low-cost insurance programs
Now, you may have one less thing to worry about. Your state, and every state in the nation, has a health insurance program for infants, children and teens. The insurance is available to children in working families, including families that include individuals with a variety of immigration status. ( Materials are available that explain more about immigration and children's health insurance.) ... You work hard to provide for your children and want to make sure they grow up strong, smart and healthy. But like many parents whose children don't have health insurance, you worry about taking care of them. ... [Read More]
State of Illinois Business Portal - Illinois Will Help Small Businesses On Health Insurance
The St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association has offered several health insurance plans since 1971, said plan administrator Pamela Ruckman, vice president of Marsh Benefits in St. Louis. Throughout the 15-county metropolitan area, RCGA members are eligible to join, but they don’t save money on premiums over what is charged to nonmembers, or the "street rate." ... A study by Dartmouth College indicates that as health insurance premiums rise, small firms jettison jobs. Using Dartmouth’s measure, Illinois loses 80,000 jobs every time premiums increase 10 percent, said Michael Fields, the chamber’s director of policy and research. ... [Read More]
Illinois Attorney General - Health Care Assistance
Changes on the horizon in health insurance programs depend on an informed consumer actively involved in medical choices and managing their health insurance benefits. Ask for all of your policy documents, not just the marketing brochures, and read the fine print. ... As the business of medicine has become more complex, consumers have experienced more confusion and difficulty obtaining the care and benefits to which they are entitled. To assist the consumers of Illinois with these problems the Attorney General opened the Health Care Bureau in October 1998. Since then our staff has helped to clear up more than 8,000 complaints relating to health care issues. ... [Read More]
State of Illinois - Working in Illinois Section
Below is a listing of excellent agency specific resources for finding information about assistive technologies, health insurance, employment security, ect. ... [Read More]
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