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Illinois governor halts enrollment in expanded health program

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   May 07, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has agreed to a court's instructions and stopped enrolling people in a healthcare program he launched without legislative approval. The 30,000 people enrolled in the expanded program will continue to be covered, however. Blagojevich tried to pass a major healthcare expansion in 2007, but lawmakers refused to go along. Blagojevich expanded his FamilyCare program anyway to cover people with higher incomes, which led to the lawsuit.

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