Here are four things to know:
1. Illinois froze the insurance claims payments because it is not authorized in the new state budget.
2. Premium and benefit policies will remain unchanged.
3. More than 140,000 self-insured state workers will be affected by this development.
4. Many of these self-insured people will have to pay medical costs in-full, and receive reimbursements at a later date.
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