Last month, the Illinois General Assembly ended the 2025 legislative session. For over 25 years, EverThrive Illinois has advocated to advance our shared priorities of eliminating racial and gender disparities in healthcare, promoting bodily autonomy, and creating a health care system that is deserving of trust from those most affected by injustices. EverThrive Illinois applauds […]
Continue ReadingEverThrive IL Statement on House Bill to Gut Medicaid and SNAP
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On May 22, just after dawn, Republicans in Congress voted to advance a bill which will terminate health care for more than 13 million Americans and take food away from more than 4 million kids—all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. EverThrive IL is deeply concerned about the impact of this bill, if […]
Continue ReadingAdvocating to Improve the Health of all Illinois Families
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Last month, the Illinois General Assembly ended the 2024 legislative session. For over 25 years, EverThrive Illinois has advocated for state policies and funding to advance our shared priorities of eliminating racial and gender disparities in healthcare, promoting bodily autonomy, and creating a health care system that is deserving of trust from those most affected […]
Continue ReadingProtecting Consumers from Junk Health Plans
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Last month, Governor Pritzker announced his intention to ban short-term, limited duration health products in our State. This is a welcome move which EverThrive IL has been advocating for more than 5 years and we urge lawmakers to support this proposal. Short-term, limited-duration (STLD) health plans, also known as junk plans, are substandard products marketed […]
Continue ReadingHealthy IL Calls For Governor Pritzker To Reinstate Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults In Illinois
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Recently, the Pritzker administration issued notice that beginning July 1st enrollment for Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults in Illinois (HBIA program ages 42-64) would be stopped and high copays would be instituted. The Healthy Illinois Campaign Coalition calls for an immediate reversal of this notice and full implementation of the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults […]
Continue ReadingOp-Ed: Expanding Healthy Illinois For All
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Illinois and the United States face an ongoing crisis in which pregnant and postpartum people are dying. The crisis is magnified for Black pregnant and postpartum people, who are three times more likely to die during or after pregnancy than their white counterparts. The vast majority of pregnancy-related deaths – 83 percent – are preventable. […]
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