Thursday, July 24, 2008 East Central Illinois

Illinois Health Connect still adding to list of care providers

By Debra Pressey
Friday, August 31, 2007 7:41 AM CDT

SPRINGFIELD – When Amy Johnson of Champaign got information in the mail this week informing her she would have to choose primary care doctors for herself and her family through Illinois Health Connect, she called the toll-free number right away.

Johnson, A 31-year-old Parkland College nursing student, and her three children are on state Medicaid programs – All Kids for the children and FamilyCare for her – and Health Connect is requiring people in those programs to choose primary care doctors to oversee their care.

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