The health fund’s $61.1 million deficit partly stems from CountyCare, Cook County’s Medicaid managed care plan, ballooning in membership, which both adds revenues but drives up claims expenses. Also, because Medicaid redetermination, which is requiring people to reapply for eligibility, is expected to return to Illinois next year, CountyCare membership is projected to fall from 418,000 members at the end of the year to 390,000 in 2022, Cook County Health Chief Business Officer Andrea Gibson said.
