State Senator Andy Manar is expressing his concerns about Governor Rauner's recent changes to the Community Care and Home Services programs.

The Bunker Hill Democrat says the changes could send up to 50,000 Illinois seniors and Illinoisans with disabilities into nursing homes says would mean reduced quality of life for them and no cost savings for taxpayers.

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Home care worker Andre Sikes has cared for a 26-year-old man who suffered brain injuries for the last seven years and isn't ready to walk away, even though his paycheck is up in the air.

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Department of aging officials have maintained the changes would bring a cost savings between $36 million and $100 million.