CHICAGO, IL — Since day one, Governor JB Pritzker has pushed to expand access to quality and affordable healthcare for Illinois working families. By holding big pharmaceutical companies accountable and fighting to lower healthcare costs, Gov. Pritzker is ensuring Illinois working families can get lifesaving care.
Gov. Pritzker has expanded access to healthcare by dramatically reducing Illinois’ Medicaid backlog, erasing more than $1.4 billion in medical debt for nearly 700,000 Illinoisans, and signing legislation that prevented predatory pharmacy benefit managers from sinking local, independent pharmacies and hiking up costs. He also capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month and slashed prescription drug costs. Additionally, Gov. Pritzker strengthened Medicaid and made Illinois the first state to require insurance companies to cover EpiPen injectors for kids.
In just three days, Illinoisans will choose between Darren Bailey, an extremist who supported Trump as he gutted Medicaid and pushed families off of their insurance, and Gov. Pritzker, a leader who canceled medical debt, lowered prescription drug costs, and took on predatory pharmacy benefit managers.
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