The race is on in Illinois for $28 million in grants to help consumers learn how to shop for health insurance.

The race is on in Illinois for $28 million in grants to help consumers learn how to shop for health insurance.

In a major break with the past, 3 million to 5 million people with drug and alcohol problems from homeless drug addicts to working moms who drink too much will soon become eligible for insurance coverage under the new health care overhaul.

Illinois lawmakers soon will face two critical decisions over how to fully carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Illinois officials are reviewing five bids to build the state's health insurance exchange a required component of the federal health care overhaul that Gov. Pat Quinn intends to implement regardless of who wins the presidency on Election Day.

Gov. Pat Quinn has less than a month to choose which benefits will be required in basic health insurance plans sold to individuals and small businesses in Illinois under the federal health care law, an important decision that will determine the cost of future premiums and how broad coverage will...

Gov. Pat Quinn has less than a month to choose which benefits will be required in basic health insurance plans sold to individuals and small businesses in Illinois under the federal health care law, an important decision that will determine the cost of future premiums and how broad coverage will...

Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough. She makes about $15,000 a year, supporting her daughter and unemployed husband. She thought she'd be able to get health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. Then she heard that her own governor won't agree to...