Credit: davidwilson1949 / Foter.comIllinois wants to be the engine that pulls states
toward the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, yet an
economic catastrophe is just around the bend. As Ben Yount reports,
Julie Hamos, director of Illinois’ Health Care and Family Services
department, told Illinois lawmakers Tuesday never mind the
president’s health care reform: the state is still struggling to
fix the current health care system for the poor. By 2014, Hamos
said, the state is headed for a “train wreck.”

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