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"The Governor's
All Kids plan will help hospitals provide the care that children
need and deserve. It promises to give children the right care at the
right time so they can grow up to live active and productive lives,"
said Ken Robbins, president of the Illinois Hospital Association
"I'm proud to have the Illinois Hospital Association join our effort
to pass the All Kids plan. Perhaps only parents know more
than IHA's 200 hospital members about how important access to
comprehensive and affordable health care is to children. No
child should have to wait for medical attention until the only
option is the emergency room. Each and every child in Illinois
should have health care, and All Kids will make that
possible," said Gov. Blagojevich
In Illinois, 253,000 children are without health insurance.
More than half of Illinois' uninsured children come from working and
middle class families who earn too much to qualify for programs like
KidCare, but not enough to afford private health insurance.
The Governor's program would make comprehensive health insurance
available to children, with parents paying monthly premiums and
co-payments for doctor's visits and prescription drugs at affordable
rates.
"The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital treats
children who are among the sickest in the region. Many of them are
from working families who don't qualify for KidCare. Through All
Kids, the Governor has taken a groundbreaking step that targets
this often ignored segment of our society. All Kids will help
our children to grow up to live active and productive lives because
they will have access to affordable health care," said Michael
Riordan, President and CEO of University of Chicago Hospitals.
"A program like All Kids would go far toward solving one
of the biggest problems we see here at the Comer Hospital: children
who do not have health insurance and therefore come to us quite ill
because they don't get preventive care, such as immunizations and
diagnostic tests. The state of Illinois has an opportunity to be a
national leader in providing all children the health care they
deserve," added Dr. Steve Goldstein, Professor and Chairman of the
Department of Pediatrics at Comer Children's Hospital.
Senate President Emil Jones and House Speaker Michael J. Madigan
are the lead sponsors of legislation creating the All Kids
health insurance program and have vowed to push for its passage
during the upcoming fall veto session so the program can be up and
running by July 1, 2006. The organizations vowed to help the
Governor build support to pass his All Kids plan and to help
enroll children in the plan, should it pass.
The state will cover the difference between what parents
contribute in monthly premiums and the actual cost of providing
health care for each child, expected to be $45 million in the first
year, with savings generated by implementing a primary care case
management model (PCCM) for participants in the state's FamilyCare
and All Kids health care programs. Participants will
choose a single primary physician who will manage their care by
ensuring they get immunizations and other preventative health care
services and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits and
hospitalizations. Patients with chronic conditions like asthma
or diabetes will have a single care manager to make sure they are
getting the treatments and ongoing care they need to avoid acute
care. Primary care physicians will make referrals to
specialists for additional care or tests as needed.
By ensuring patients get adequate preventative care on the front
end, fewer people will need expensive specialized care or emergency
care for critical conditions. In children, preventative care
is especially important. For example, infants with stomach flu
(gastroenteritis) who receive appropriate primary care can avoid
being hospitalized for dehydration. Providing a timely exam
and appropriate antibiotic treatment for children with ear
infections (otitis media) can prevent chronic ear problems, loss of
hearing and the need for surgically placed tubes to relieve fluid
build up. Treating children with bronchitis or minor lung
infections in a primary care setting can help to avoid more
expensive hospitalization treatment of pneumonia, including
intravenous antibiotics and respiratory treatments. And early
identification and appropriate treatment of children who have
chronic illnesses, such as asthma, will result in fewer expensive
emergency room and inpatient care visits.
Twenty-nine other states, including North Carolina, New York,
Texas, Pennsylvania and Louisiana, have realized significant savings
by using this model for their Medicaid programs. Based on
independent analyses, the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services estimates the state will save more than $56 million in the
first year by implementing the PCCM model in all state health
programs but those that serve seniors and the blind.
Evidence shows that in addition to lacking adequate medical care,
children without health insurance are at a disadvantage in the
classroom. For example:
- According to a Florida Healthy Kids Annual Report in 1997,
children who do not have health coverage are 25% more likely to
miss school.
- A California Health Status Assessment Project on children's
health published in 2002 found that children who recently
enrolled in health care saw their attendance and performance
improve by 68.
- And a 2002 study in Vermont entitled Building Bridges to
Healthy Kids and Better Students conducted by the Council of
Chief State School Officers showed that children who started out
without health insurance saw their reading scores more than
double after getting health care.
Research also provides strong economic reasons for insuring all
children. Delayed treatment can result in more complex, more
threatening and more expensive care later. While the uninsured
pay approximately 35% of their medical bills out of pocket, more
than 40% ends up being absorbed by those who do have health
insurance in the form of higher premiums. According to a
recent Families USA report, the cost of paying for the uninsured
will add $1059 to the average family's insurance premiums here in
Illinois in 2005. IHA hospitals and health care systems alone
provide $1.2 billion in uncompensated care each year.
In addition, investing in health care can have a positive impact
on local economies. Over the past five years, the health care
industry has created nearly 40,000 new jobs in Illinois.
Health care is the second-fastest growing industry in the state, and
one of the fastest in the nation.
More information about All Kids is available online at
www.allkidscovered.com.
IHA joins more than 400 other organizations supporting the
Governor's effort to pass the All Kids plan during the fall
veto session. The organizations include:
- 18th Street Development Corporation
- ABJ Community Services
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
- Access Health Network
- ACORN
- Action for Children
- Administration for Regional Office of Education #12
- Adoption Information Center
- Adoption Unlimited, Inc.
- Advanced CAD/CAM Service Corporation
- Advocate Health Systems
- African American Heritage Council
- Albany Bank & Trust
- Albany Park Chamber of Commerce
- Albany Park Community Action Group
- Albany Park Community Center
- Albany Park Covenant Church
- Alchamy Training Systems
- Alexander County Sub Zone & Tourism
- Alivio Medical Center
- Alpha Temple Missionary Baptist Church
- Alternative School Network
- Alton NAACP
- Amalgamated Transit Union #241
- Amalgamated Transit Union #308
- AME Ministerial Alliance
- American Legion 1141
- Arc of Illinois
- Arlington Glass Company
- ASPIRA
- Associated Firefighters of Illinois
- Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center
- Aurora Township
- Aurora's Hispanic Heritage Council
- B.C.M.W. Community Services Inc.
- Baker and Taylor
- Baxter International
- Believers Christian Center
- Bethel Bible Church in Decatur
- Blackhawk Boys and Girls Club
- Blackhawk Learning Connection
- Blacks in Government
- Bloomington Normal Trade and Labor Assembly
- Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington
- Brandenburg Demolition Services
- Bromenn Regional Medical Center
- Bureau County United Way
- Business for Public Interest
- Campaign for Better Health Care
- Care Entrée Healthcare
- Carol Jo Roberston Center
- Carpenters District Council
- Carpenters Local 244
- Carpenters Local 63
- Carpenters Local 638
- Carroll-Keller Group Consulting
- Carver Community Action Agency
- Casa Aztlan
- Casa Central
- Cathedral of Joy Church
- Catholic Charities Danville
- Catholic Social Service
- Centennial Missionary Baptist Church
- Center for Children Services
- Center for Labor and Community Research
- Central Illinois Manufacturing Company
- Centro Sin Fronteras
- CEO of Illinois Eastern Community College
- CGN & Associates
- Champaign Black Chamber of Commerce
- Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
- Champaign Urbana Health Department
- Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades
Council (BCTC)
- Chicago and NE Illinois District Council of Carpenters
- Chicago Area Projects
- Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
- Chicago Federation of Labor
- Chicago Firefighters Local 2
- Chicago Foundation for Women
- Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues
- Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
- Chicago Teachers Union
- Chicagoland Minority Journal Newspaper
- Child Welfare League of America
- ChildServ
- Christ Tabernacle Church
- Christian Academy of Nursing
- Christian Activity Center
- Christian Care Academy
- Church of The Living God
- Citizen Action Illinois
- City of Flora, Economic Development
- Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
- Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7110
- Community & Economic Development Association of Cook County,
Inc.
- Community Economic Development Association
- Community Health Partnership
- Cook County Economic Development Center
- Cook County Physicians Association
- Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce
- Covenant Insurance Group
- Crative Solutions Technologies
- Crosspoint Human Center
- Crusader Clinic
- Cummiskey Strategic Communications
- Cycles of Learning Child Care
- D.R. Home Furnishing
- Danville Housing Authority
- Danville School District #118
- Datatech Group
- Day Labor Groups
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission
- Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce
- Decatur Trades and Labor Assembly
- DePaul University
- Downstate Transportation Services
- DuPage Sewing and Vacuum
- Dusable Partners
- East Central Illinois Action Program
- East Central Illinois Community Action Agency
- East Side Health District - East St. Louis
- EDGE Business Center
- EDGE Enterprise Development
- Edgewater Development Corporation
- Edwardsville Township
- Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Alliance
- Egyptian Building Trades Council
- El Hogar del Nino
- El Rincon
- El Valor
- Ellet Plumbing
- Emmanuel Baptist Church
- Equality of Illinois
- Erie Neighborhood House
- Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church
- Excel Metal Products
- Executive Director of Infant Welfare Society
- Family Christian Center
- Family Christian Center
- Family Community Resource Center
- Family Focus
- Fantastic Sams
- Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
- Fernwood United Methodist Church
- Fibergel Technologies
- First American Bank
- First Baptist Congregational Church
- First Corinthians Baptist Church
- First Rockford Group
- First Step Day Care, Belvidere
- First Unity Baptist Church
- Fontier Communications
- Ford Heights Community Service Organization
- Forward in Faith Ministries
- Fox Valley United Way
- Franklin County Regional Economic Development Corporation
- Fraternal Order of Police
- Freedom Temple Church of God in Christ
- Full Gospel Baptist Churches of Illinois
- Fulton County Health Department
- Gad Hill - Chicago
- Galesburg Chamber of Commerce
- Galesburg Regional Economic Development Association
- GAM Corporation
- GCOM Inc.
- General State Convention of Illinois
- Generational Blessings
- Georgetown-Ridge Farm School District
- GET Technology Solutions
- Glad Tidings
- Gleason Equipment
- Global Staffing Services
- God First Ministries
- Goreville Gazette
- Great Plains Laborers District Council
- Greater Madison County Federation of Labor
- Greater Rock MBC - Reverend Floyd James
- Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce
- Green Oaks/ Libertyville/ Mundelein/ Vernon Hills Area
Chamber of Commerce
- Growth Association of Southwest Illinois
- GTD Inc.of Illinois
- GWC, Inc.
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- Hardin County Main Street
- Harold Washington Community College
- Haskris Inc.
- Hayes Properties, Inc.
- Health and Disability Advocates
- Health Solutions
- Healthcare Alternative Systems
- Heart of Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Heartland Alliance
- Heritage International Christian Church
- Hermon Baptist Church
- Herrin Community Unit School #4
- Hispanic Contractors Association
- Hispanic Heritage Council
- Holten Meats
- Holy Cross Church
- Hope Presbyterian Church
- Illinois Regional Development Alliance
- Illinois AFL-CIO
- Illinois Association of Hispanic State Employees
- Illinois Business Financial Services
- Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Illinois Coalition for Community Services
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- Illinois Community Action Association
- Illinois Employment Training Center
- Illinois Federation of Teachers
- Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Illinois Hospital Association
- Illinois Migrant Council
- Illinois Network of Childcare Resource & Referral Agencies
- Illinois Nurses Association
- Illinois Physical Therapists Association
- Illinois Physical Therapy Association
- Illinois Pipe Trades
- Illinois Primary Health Care Association
- Illinois Public Health Association
- Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing
- Illinois State Employees Association
- Illinois Training Employment Center
- Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living
- Imperial Trailer
- Industrical Council of Nearwest Chicago
- Infant Welfare Society
- Inner City Youth and Adult Foundation
- Institute for Latino Progress
- International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 1191
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, #146
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 34
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, BLOOMINGTON
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 145
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 21 (IBEW)
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 702
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, PEORIA
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, State
Council
- International Business Center in Rolling Meadows
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District
Council 30
- Jackson County Business Dev Corp
- Jane Adams Hull House
- Jane Addams Bookstore
- Jaros Technology
- Jesus House
- John A Logan College
- Johnson County 2000
- Johnson County Chamber
- Kankakee Workforce Development Board
- Kankakee/Will/Grundy Building Trades Association
- Kishwaukee United Way - DeKalb/Sycamore
- Knox County Regional Office of Education
- Kreative Xpressions
- La Rabida Children's Hospital
- La Voz Latina
- Laborers District Council, Chicago
- Laborers Great Plains District Council
- Laborers International Union of North America
- Laborers Local #159
- Laborers Local 309
- Laborers Local 362
- Laborers Midwest Region
- Laborers' Local 703
- Lake County Chamber of Commerce
- Lake Kinzie Industrial Leadership Council
- Lakefront Supportive Housing
- Laser Fische
- Lazazul Design
- League of Latin American Citizens, Council 5218
- Les McKenzie, QBTC
- Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House
- Livingston and McLean Counties Building and Construction
Trades Council (BCTC)
- Lord's Way Baptist Church
- Macomb School District #185
- Madison Bond Workforce Investment Board
- Madison Communications
- Madison County Employment & Training
- Madison County Urban League
- Man Tra Con/ Southern Illinois Work Force Development Board
- Manager Office Building in Crawford Co.
- March of Dimes
- Mature
- McNeal Clinic
- Mercy Hospital Medical Center
- Messiah-St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church
- Mid America Workforce Investment Board
- Mid Central Community Action
- Minority Business Journal
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church
- Mount Vernon Baptist Church
- Mujeres Latina en Accion
- NAACP Peoria Chapter
- Nappa
- National Able Network
- National Marrow Donor Program
- National Women's Law Center
- National Womens Veterans United
- Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club of Albany Park
- New Abundant Life Church
- New Faith Baptist Church
- New Hope Community Baptist Church
- New Hope Inspirational Baptist Church
- New Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church
- New Morning Star MB Church
- New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
- Nigerian American Assoc of Public Administrators
- NIU Business and Industry Services
- North River Commission
- Northbrook Chamber of Commerce
- Northern IL Black Chamber of Commerce
- Northwest and Schaumburg Assn. Of Chamber & Industry
- Northwest Community Center
- Northwest Illinois Building and Trades Council
- Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency
- OJC Technologies
- One Church One Child
- Operating Engineers Local 318
- Operating Engineers Local 399
- Ounce of Prevention Fund
- Palmer & Murrie Abstracting
- Park Manor Church of God
- Parkland College Foster Care Program
- Pat Carpenter of the African American Family Commission
- Pekin Boys and Girls Club
- People's Church of The Harvest Church of God in Christ
- Peoria Area Labor Management
- Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity
- Peoria Health Department
- Peoria Housing Authority
- Perry Commerical Realty
- Perry Group
- Pirok Financial Group, Limited
- Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois
- Plano Economic Development Center
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 653
- Plumbers and Pipefitters Local #99
- Prairie Center
- Praise Tabernacle Deliverance Baptist Church
- President of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Chicago and
Vicinity
- President of the Baptist Pastors Conference of Chicago and
Vicinity
- President of The National Baptist Convention of America
- President of the Westside Baptist Ministers Conference
- Printing Industry of Illinois
- Progressive Baptist Church
- Project NOW
- Project Success
- Promise Land Employment
- Protestants for the Common Good
- Provide Access to Help – PATH
- Providence Missionary Baptish Church
- Proviso Baptist Church
- Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action
- Pulaski County Development Association
- Quad Cities Urban League
- Quad City Federation of Labor
- Quad Counties Urban League
- Quality Control Corporation
- Quasar Strategies
- Quickset
- Quincy Business and Technology Center
- Quincy Housing Authority
- Rape Crisis Center
- Regional Office of Education #1
- Regional Superintendent Of Schools #12
- Rend Lake Small Business Development Center
- Rendlman Orchards
- Resource Business Group
- Restoration Missionary Baptist Church
- Retired School teachers
- Rockford Area Economic Development Council
- Rockford College
- Rockford Day Nursery
- Rockford Health System
- Rockford Housing Authority
- Rockford Physical Therapists Association
- Rockford United Labor
- Roofers Local #92
- Roosevelt University
- Rosecrance Substance Abuse Treatment Center
- Roy Brothers, Inc
- S & B Manufacturing
- Safer Foundation
- Salem Tabernacle Church
- SANKOFA, Inc.
- Saunders Marketing
- SBDC John A Logan College
- Schleifring Medical
- SEIU Local 1
- SEIU Local 4
- SEIU Local 7
- SEIU Local 73
- SEIU Local 880
- SEIU State Council
- Sergeant Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- Shawnee Community College
- Shawnee Development Corp
- Shawnee SBDC & Union County Econ Dev
- Sinai Health Systems
- SIU Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development
- SIU-Edwardsville Head Start Program
- Southeastern Illinios College/Small Business Center
- Southeastern Regional Plann Comm
- Southern Most Illinois Delta
- Southern Five Regional Planning Commission
- Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market
- Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative
- Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation
- Southern Illinois University
- Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau
- Southwest Illinois Development Authority
- Southwest Youth Collaborative
- Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction
- Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council
- Springfield Chamber of Commerce
- St. Anthony's Hospital
- St. Bernard's Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
- St. James Hospital
- St. John Missionary Baptist Church
- St. Mark Baptist Church
- St. Mark Church
- St. Sabina Church - Chicago
- St. Stephen AME Church
- Stateline United Way
- Supportive Housing Providers Association
- Taylorville Main Street
- Teamsters Joint Council #25
- Temple Steel
- The Babyfold
- The Carver Center
- The Economic Development Council for Central Illinois
- The Great Impasta
- The Illinois Maternal Child Health Coalition
- The Resurrection Project
- Travelers Rest
- Tri County Opportunities Council
- Tri-City Building Trades
- Trinity Day Care #
- Tri-Star Business Communities
- Tuckpointers, Local 52
- Twin Rivers CTE System
- UAW Local 2488
- UAW Region 4 (Auto Workers)
- Union County Economic Dev
- Union Missionary Baptist Church
- UNITE HERE Midwest
- United Pentecostal Church of Christ
- United Congregations of Metro East
- United Fellowship Church
- United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 881 (UFCW)
- United Mine Workers (UMWA)
- United Neighborhood Organization
- United Power for Action and Justice
- United Scrap
- United Steel Workers District 7
- United Transportation Union
- United Way of Elgin
- United Way of Illinois Valley
- United Way of Kankakee County
- United Way of McDonough County
- United Way of Whiteside County
- University of Illinois
- University of Illinois Extension Office-Crawford
- University of St Francis
- Urban League, Champaign Black Chamber
- USWA Sub-District 1
- USWA Sub-District 2
- Vanee Foods
- Vermilion County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- Vermilion County Federation of Labor
- Vermilion County Mental Health Board
- Vermilion County Health Department
- Victory Christian Assembly
- Vienna Times
- VOA Architects
- Voices for Illinois Children
- Walter Hammond Day Care Center
- Warren County United Way
- Waymen AME Church
- West Central Child Care Connection
- West Central Illinois Building Trades
- West Central Illinois Labor Council
- Western Trades and Labor Assembly
- Westville School District
- Williamson County Economic Development
- Williamson County Regional Airport
- Williamson Program On Aging
- Winnebago County Health Department
- WMS Gaming
- Women Employed
- Women Presidents' Organization
- Women's Bar Association of Illinois
- Women's Business Development Center
- Woodward Industries
- Word Made Worship Center
- Workforce Investment/TRRC
- WREX Channel 13, Rockford
- Xttrium Laboratories
- YMCA of Danville
- YMCA of Illinois
- YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
- Yorkville Chamber of Commerce
- Your Family Resource Center
- Youth Charter Schools Connections
- YWCA
- YWCA Child Care Solutions
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