Thayer Health Care Lawyer, Illinois, page 3

... Nor could the defense limit the plaintiff's ability to introduce evidence of the reasonable cost of health care necessitated by the defendant's ... may not recover as damages that portion of medical expenses `contractually adjusted' or `written-off' by a healthcare provider pursuant to ...

... In February 1996 the Illinois Department of Public Aid, now known as the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (the Department ... According to the Department, there was a need for health insurance or some other means of providing for the children's health care. ...

... "The [health-care provider] shall be reimbursed by the person requesting [patient medical] records at the time of such copying for all reasonable expenses, including the costs of independent copy service companies, incurred by the [healthcare provider] in connection with such ...