Major rally floods Chicago with nursing home supporters
Nearly one thousand nursing home staff and supporters rallied outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago Monday in an effort to restore cuts in Medicaid funding and avert new cuts for essential medical services for nursing home residents across Illinois. Speakers urged state legislators and Governor Quinn to oppose any further cuts in funding or care for elderly nursing home residents.

"We're here to raise our voices for our wonderful nursing home families," Pat Comstock, Executive Director of Health Care Council of Illinois (HCCI), told the crowd. "We want to let Governor Quinn and state legislators and everyone know that we cannot continue to balance the budget on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens." Read more on our Blog.

Fighting for essential medical care for nursing home residents

The Health Care Council of Illinois, a leading voice for the nursing home community, has launched a statewide tour to fight for funding for essential medical care such as dental, vision and podiatry care for nursing home residents. HCCI is urging legislators to support a bill that would roll back cuts to services for vulnerable seniors. 
“Last year the legislature cut vital medical services for nursing home residents to save money,” Pat Comstock, executive director of HCCI, said. “Our residents suffer, and the state hasn’t seen the savings it anticipated. Illinois continually balances the budget on the backs of nursing home residents who rely on Medicaid. We can’t stand by when frail, elderly nursing home residents are denied critical, life-sustaining medical services.”
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