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Senator Rose Hears Hospital's Medicaid Resolution

The Doctor John Warner Hospital Board sent a resolution to Springfield last week supporting no further Medicaid budget cuts.
 
Interim DJWH CEO Paul Skowron took the resolution to the Illinois Legislature asking local lawmakers to request that Governor Bruce Rauner not make anymore Medicaid Cuts. He says negotiations for the new fiscal year are in progress and many local hospitals feel they have have more than their share of cuts.
 
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State Senator Chapin Rose has been very supportive of the hospital's position according to Skowron. Another meeting with Senator Rose will take place in June to discuss the results of the resolution. He adds the state budget negotiations could go longer than planned also.
 
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The DJWH Board reconfigured Monday night after the appointments of several new members by Mayor Roger Cyrulik.

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