Illinois’ Medicaid backlog leaves more than 100,000 without health coverage

Marlon Millner had been waiting three months for his children’s Medicaid applications to be processed when his 11-year-old son EJ busted his lip at basketball practice.

Like any worried father, he rushed his son to the emergency room. But when he got to the hospital, he wasn’t sure how he would pay the bill. The doctors recommended that EJ see a dentist. But Millner didn’t know how he would afford that either.