Lawmakers send package of health insurance reforms to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk

Health care initiatives pushed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker were passed by the Illinois House Saturday, paving the way for a prohibition on controversial insurance industry practices such as a requirement that patients try treatments that differ from those prescribed by their physicians. The passage of the legislation, which followed earlier approvals by the state Senate, marks a victory for Pritzker, who in his February budget address vowed to expend political capital to go after insurance practices he criticized as “predatory.” He subsequently toured the state to promote the legislation. “Today,...