La Rabida Children’s Hospital threatened that the threat to Medicaid would have a serious impact on the population of their children. This effect can affect the disability and complex medical conditions of Chicago and region.
La Rabida Children’s CEO of S -HOSPITAL says nine out of 10 children rely on Medicaid for treatment, and if they can’t take care of them, many people should bring beds from the pediatric or newborn intensive care room.
Each year, about 9,000 children of 6501 S. Promontory Dr.
“It is a hospital that helps children navigate healing and hope.”
Living with complex conditions, disability and chronic diseases.
About 90%of children depend on the federal and main programs that cover medical costs. But the budget resolution passed by Republican Republican Party last week can endanger the insurance application. The Lee Committee will instruct a committee to supervise Medicaid to identify at least $ 880 billion in required spending over the next 10 years.
Democrats say they will withdraw their guarantees to more than 700,000 Illinois.
“We need to be able to find out how to continue treatment,” said RABIDA Children’s president and CEO of Sweedren.
SWEIS said 19%of households in the primary service area are lower than poverty and cuts on Medicaid can affect the patient’s qualifications and can reduce the low contributions to the supplier.
Sweis said, “The patients we are here would have been in bed in other children’s hospitals and NICU. Then we will limit the accessibility of other patients and extend the emergency room. ”Sweis said.
It’s not just La Rabida.
Dr. Jon Redosta is the chief medical officer of UI Health.
“Many of our patients rely on Medicaid,” he said.
Redosta warned that cuts to Medicaid could close the door. About 59%of the inpatient population depends on the range of treatment, including preventive treatment.
“Medicaid is the largest single payer for mental health services in the United States,” he said.
About one out of four Illinois is covered by Medicaid, of which 1.4 million are children.
I hope that both hospitals will be considered the most vulnerable population.
Sweis said, “As a state, we hope we can have a strategy to solve it if we are cut.”
President Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers promised that the focus of cuts would cause fraud. They still need to produce a separate bill that must be cut.
Megan Hiki
