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Advocacy

Speak Out to Stop SSI Cuts for Disabled People Receiving Help with Meals or Groceries

By Rebecca Cabezas | March 17, 2023

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the Social Security Administration (SSA) published a proposed regulation that would take a small step toward updating outdated financial rules for the SSI program.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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Recognizing National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)

By Legal Council | February 7, 2023

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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Advocates Push to End Prior Authorization Requirement for Hepatitis C Cures

By Emily Decker | November 21, 2022

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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Policy Update: Bill Making Medicaid More Equitable Goes to Governor’s Desk

By Legal Council | April 13, 2022

As the Illinois legislative session comes to an end, Legal Council is taking a moment to reflect on and celebrate achievements made toward health equity through legislation. We worked persistently…

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Together, We Can Address Inequities in Medicaid Estate Recovery

By Legal Council | February 22, 2022

Solving our society’s challenges requires us to think creatively about what resources and options we have available to us. Medicaid estate recovery is currently required by federal law. We know…

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Policy Update: Special Education Rights and Decriminalizing HIV

By Grace Moran | July 1, 2021

Legal Council advocates worked tirelessly alongside partners to advance policies that improve special education services for Illinois students, as well as a long overdue bill that would end the criminalization of HIV in Illinois.

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Celebrating Health Justice Leaders: Kimball & Karen Anderson

By Legal Council | May 20, 2021

Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson are longtime Legal Council supporters and devoted leaders in the health justice movement.

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5 Ways the New Administration Can Advance Health Justice

By Legal Council | January 20, 2021

The new Administration and majority in Congress could allow for a variety of new advances in health care and services.

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Illinois Workers and Families Need Fair Tax Now

By Grace Moran | September 29, 2020

Economic equity is the basis of any just society. Illinoisans cannot reach their full potential without the financial security that allows them to meet their basic needs. Yet the state’s…

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Legal Council Calls on CPS to Remove Police from Schools

By Legal Council | June 23, 2020

Legal Council joins others across the city in calling for the removal of police from Chicago Public Schools.

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