Expert guides about medicaid in Illinois from Brevy Care.
Missing your Illinois Medicaid renewal (also called recertification or redetermination) can end your coverage even when you still qualify.
An Illinois Medicaid appeal starts with a State Fair Hearing request, and you can make one if your coverage was denied, reduced, or terminated.
Illinois Medicaid HCBS waivers pay for in-home care so older adults can avoid a nursing home, and adults 60 and older start with the Community Care Program (CCP).
The Illinois Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance lets a nursing-home resident on Medicaid keep $60 a month of their own money for personal spending, while most of their other income goes toward care.
Illinois Medicaid pays for nursing home care for residents who meet a nursing-facility level of care and the program's financial limits.
Illinois Medicaid sets a $17,500 asset limit for seniors and uses a spend-down instead of an income cap for long-term care coverage.
Illinois Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules protect the at-home spouse when one partner needs nursing home care.
Illinois Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) can erase your entire Medicare Part B premium, which is $202.90 a month in 2026, if your income is limited.
Illinois Medicaid estate recovery applies after death to people who were 55 or older when they received Medicaid, or who were permanently institutionalized at any age.
Illinois DHS takes applications for its under-65 adult Medicaid coverage four ways: online through the ABE portal, in person at a DHS office, by phone at 1-800-843-6154, or on paper.
Illinois Medicaid uses two different eligibility tests, and which one applies to you depends on your age and situation.