Legal Council Blog
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Speak Out to Stop SSI Cuts for Disabled People Receiving Help with Meals or Groceries
On February 15, 2023, the Social Security Administration (SSA) published a proposed regulation that would take a small step toward updating outdated financial rules for the SSI program. SSI provides…
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Tech Disparities: A New Social Determinant to Health
When the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) began implementing an electronic enrollment and case management system in 2014 they expressed twofold goals. The State wanted to ease the workloads…
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Recognizing National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)
This post was written by our National Health Corps Member, Stutee Acharya. Please read more about her and the work she contributes to in LCHJ’s ALC project, here. Since…
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Public Charge Win for Immigrant Communities
The Illinois-based Trump-era public charge lawsuit has finally come to a close, with the Supreme Court shutting down an attempt by Texas to join the case and revive it. The…
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Supreme Court Shuts Down Attempt to Revive Cruel Public Charge Rule But the Legal Fight Continues
This announcement was released on January 09, 2023, through the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, which co-counseled the litigation against the 2019 public charge rule in the Northern District of…
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Advocates Push to End Prior Authorization Requirement for Hepatitis C Cures
On Thursday, in coalition with over 100 healthcare providers and organizations, Legal Council for Health Justice urged the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to end its use of…
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Legal Council for Health Justice Seeks Summer 2023 Law Student Interns
Legal Council for Health Justice seeks 1L and 2L law student interns to join us this summer (2023). Students are expected to work full-time for 8 to 10 weeks. We…
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STATEMENT: Illinois Advocates Commend the Release of a Final Public Charge Rule
This announcement was released through the Protect Immigrant Families – Illinois (PIF-IL) coalition, of which Legal Council for Health Justice is a member. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHICAGO — The Protecting…
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UPDATE: Illinois Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Protecting SNAP Recipient & Places the Burden of Proof on IDHS
January 20, 2023 UPDATE: The Illinois Supreme Court has decided today in favor of the Appellee, in CHAUDHARY v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Within this opinion, the Court ruled that the…
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