Immigrant families scramble as state health insurance for some noncitizens faces the axe in Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget plan

She obtained health coverage through a state program that provides taxpayer-funded insurance to immigrants like her who are in the country without legal permission as well as green card holders who haven’ t been in the U.S. long enough to qualify for Medicaid, the traditional health care program for the poor. But in just a few months, Francisca and more than…