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Medicaid is a federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to 3.3 million residents – one in four Illinoisans – who meet certain eligibility standards.
Provided below are links to resources related Medicaid benefits
Home and Community Based Services Waiver Programs
A waiver is a program that provides services that allow individuals to remain in their own homes or live in a community setting, instead of in an institution. Illinois has nine HCBS waivers. Each waiver is designed for individuals with similar needs and offers a different set of services.
https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalclients/hcbs.html
Phone: 866.468.7543
TTY: 877.204.1012
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency that provides health coverage to more than 160 million through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. CMS works in partnership with the entire health care community to improve quality, equity and outcomes in the health care system.
https://www.cms.gov/
Illinois Health Benefits for Workers with Disabilities (HBWD)
Illinois is part of the national movement to help people with disabilities return to work. The program called Health Benefits for Workers with Disabilities (HBWD), and the goal of this program is to help people with disabilities work with full Medicaid healthcare benefits.
https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalprograms/hbwd.html
