The state of Illinois claims it’s reforming and streamlining access to Medicaid. 

Democrat Governor JB Pritzker says over the past few years too many people have been kicked out of the system and right now there are about 95,000 people waiting to be approved for health care. Republican Senator Dave Syverson says this improves the entire system from payments to providers to make sure existing enrollees aren’t kicked out of the system each time enrolment starts. 

The administration says the state is doing all it can to speed up payments to Medicaid providers.