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State's Bills Begin to get Paid
As part of a trip across the state to promote his budget proposals, Gov. Pat Quinn was warmly greeted at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.

Quinn received a round of applause when he announced that the state had already begun the process of paying off a backlog of bills owed to medical providers across the state. The governor says the state was able to do so thanks to a $1 billion-plus loan.

"We were able to borrow money, over a billion dollars, very quickly and we have done several more transactions with the federal government to get these basic safety net hospitals, the funds they need to stay afloat," Quinn said.

Speaking to Mercy Hospital staff, Quinn, who was born at the hospital, says his Fiscal Year 2010 budget includes payments to Medicaid providers.

The state faces an $11.5 billion budget deficit that Quinn hopes to fill by cuts at the government level as well as an income tax increase.
03 20 09 by Newsroom
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