Rep. Robin Kelly joined with fellow Illinois Democrats to ask the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to enable Illinois to utilize the Medicaid program to address a broad spectrum of public health challenges.
The change would allow Illinois to include preventing gun violence and maternal mortality for CMS care, as well as resources to address homelessness, opioid addiction, chronic disease, access to food is medicine interventions, such as medically tailored meals and produce…
