Bill calls for raises for All Kids specialists

SPRINGFIELD – Now that Illinois is paying primary-care doctors more for caring for children on the All Kids state insurance program, doctors and some legislators say it's time to give pediatric specialists a raise, too.

A bill advanced by the House Human Services Committee last month and now awaiting action by the full House would give those doctors caring for needy children with such diseases as asthma, diabetes and cancer their first raise under the Medicaid rate system in more than eight years, supporters said.

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