Feds to award Illinois $193M next year for rural health care as part of Big Beautiful Bill Act, as state braces for Medicaid cuts.

The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural health care — money that’s part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but not enough to make up for Medicaid cuts from the measure, state health leaders say. Illinois asked the federal government for $200 million a yea...