David Jackson

Milking Medicaid: State-contracted insurance firms balk at paying frontline medical providers, threatening the viability of leading hospitals and clinics, and imperiling Illinois’ entire Medicaid program.

After reports that doses went to ineligible people with ties to hospital administrators, a federal grand jury is investigating.

A union for more than 200 Loretto workers said it’s asked to meet three times with hospital leaders amid the scandals — only to be ignored.

Locked inside Loretto’s psychiatric ward for five days, one man risked his life to flee.

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office is investigating the West Side hospital after the Better Government Association and Block Club Chicago disclosed insider contracts.

Milking Medicaid: A new state contract covers the health care of 36,000 vulnerable children. But documents detailing the contractor’s performance are a “trade secret,” officials say.

Milking Medicaid: As part of an ongoing series examining one of Illinois’ largest expenses, the Better Government Association reveals how the five private insurance companies running the state’s healthcare program for low-income residents benefited from the COVID-19 lockdown.

La explotación de Medicaid: Como parte de la continuación de una serie investigativa que analiza uno de los mayores gastos de Illinois, Better Government Association (BGA) revela cómo las cinco compañías de seguros privadas que administran el programa de salud del estado para residentes de bajos ingresos se beneficiaron de los confinamientos durante la pandemia del COVID-19.

State Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford accepted campaign contributions from a Loretto Hospital contractor and Caribbean travel as part of her board duties.