Illinois legislators allow 90-day insurance contracts for state employees

The Illinois Legislature has approved a plan to allow a temporary extension to the insurance program that provides healthcare benefits to the state’s employees and retirees. Lawmakers have been debating the necessity of the program, going so far as to consider it’s burden on the state’s finances a weight too heavy for the state to bear. However, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability approved of a plan during an emergency session of the Legislature. The plan will give the state’s Department of Healthcare and Family Services the authority to…

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