![In this Nov. 8, 2013, photo, enrollment counselor Kenya Williams helps Jerome Davis Jr. 36, sign up for Medicaid at the Westside Health Authority in Chicago.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/29434/ap49671921375__medium.jpg)
Illinois Medicaid Applicants Face Long Wait for Benefits
CLARIFICATION: The text version of this story has been revised to show that the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has a policy of expediting the processing of Medicaid applications in urgent situations. --- Jim Meadows 4/18/14