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The [Friday] Papers
"Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker's administration is lagging behind on a promised hiring spree to help tackle Illinois' backlog of applications for the government-run Medicaid health insurance program," WBEZ reports.
"Roughly 3 million low-income or disabled Illinoisans have health care coverage through Medicaid - about one in four people statewide."
Emphasis mine, because that's more people than . . . a lot of things. Find your own comp.
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"In July, Pritzker outlined an aggressive months-long hiring initiative. The state would create around 240 jobs for caseworkers to process Medicaid applications. So far, around 170 people have been brought on.
"Meanwhile, the backlog that once topped more than 100,000 applications is shrinking, but still hovers around 72,000 for applications that have been sitting around for at least 45 days."
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Previously:
* Illinois' Medicaid Mess, in The [Tuesday] Papers.
* Thousands Illegally Denied Medicaid In Illinois.
* DentalQuest, in The [Thursday] Papers.
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New on the Beachwood today . . .
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #283: The Winter Of Chicago Sports Discontent
It's grim and we're bereft. Including: Bears Now Within Hail Mary's Of Being Within Two-Point Plays Of Winning Games; Grievance Grievance; Every Bulls Worst Loss Yet Is Worse Than The Last Worst Loss Yet; Lovie's Beard Has One Game Left This Year; Paul Reed Still The Man; and St. Edward High School's Racist Taunts.
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african american tavern in chicago; april 1941. any ideas where this was taken? from r/chicago
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Marcus King at Thalia Hall last Sunday night.
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A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
That's not what the Tribune said about Rod Blagojevich. When a crime is in progress, it must be stopped - especially when national security and the security of our elections is at stake. You don't wait until the next election if someone is unfit for office. pic.twitter.com/qJLTlIZDHd
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 20, 2019
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Trump's private meetings with Putin are still beyond extraordinary.
Or, getting the cover story straight. Remember, Trump has met *alone* with Putin several times - unprecedented and an inherent national security risk. This alone (like so many "this alones") is impeachable. It's just extraordinary. Right before our eyes. pic.twitter.com/TpevOBpqPU
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 20, 2019
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Senate quietly cuts the phrase "white nationalist" from a measure meant to screen those who enlist in the military https://t.co/6jeP4Q14nn pic.twitter.com/is3zj4RiIH
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 20, 2019
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The BL ("Beauty of Life")'s 82 pages & groups -- with ~28M followers -- spent hundreds of thousands pushing fawning coverage of Pres. Trump. Snopes found The BL was linked to The Epoch Times, which is banned from advertising on Facebook.https://t.co/7XCRfl0ik3
— snopes.com (@snopes) December 20, 2019
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More of this - with stiffer penalties - please. Let's get on it, Illinois.
Former Atlanta Press Secretary Is Found Guilty of Violating Open Records Act https://t.co/OpmgZ0yVVp
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 20, 2019
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Last time I looked, Tinley Park wasn't in Chicago.
Tinley Park Family Wins ABC7's Great #Chicago Light Fight https://t.co/37mKvHmRbl via @abc7chicago
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 20, 2019
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Yeah, a bunch of great songs just got ruined. https://t.co/HGviY7iYze
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 20, 2019
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Go all the way.
Posted on December 20, 2019
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