The major budget bill cuts around $1 trillion from health care spending over the next decade, with the Medicaid program ...

Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson and village officials have joined nurses in speaking out against the proposed closure of Ascension Alexian Brothers Medical Center’s maternity ward, decrying ...

Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President ...

Illinois Republicans challenge Gov. J.B. Pritzker's claims about potential hospital closures, citing a $50B fund to help ...

Companies undergoing layoffs in Illinois include national and local giants, according to a compilation of WARN notices in June 2025.

"This latest closure is not just the loss of a building, it is the erosion of trust, access and equity," writes Rockford's ...

West Suburban Medical Center abruptly and indefinitely shuttered its labor and delivery, postpartum and nursery units on July ...

Elected officials and local leaders gathered in downtown Chicago Tuesday to discuss their concerns now that President Trump’s ...

A northwest suburban hospital plans to discontinue its labor and delivery services, drawing a crowd of frustrated protesters ...

States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals. One analysis estimates more than ...