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Illinois medical debt relief program surpasses $1B goal

By Bernarda MalevskaCapitol News Illinoisbmalevska@capitolnewsillinois.com The state of Illinois has erased more than $1.4 billion in medical debt for almost 700,000 Illinoisans for pennies on the dollar, two years after launching a new relief program. At its launch, the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program aimed to eliminate $1 billion in

What the ‘Home Illinois’ plan reveals about the state of homelessness in Ill.

By Bernarda MalevskaCapitol News Illinoisbmalevska@capitolnewsillinois.com Homelessness in Illinois decreased overall by 6% between 2025 and 2026, but chronic homelessness, where people have been homeless more than once in the last year and have a disabling condition, rose by 28%, according to a new state report. Five years after governor JB