CHICAGO – More than 25,000 working parents in Illinois stand to lose their state-provided health coverage on July 1 – and most of them don’t know it yet.

State officials will eliminate their coverage in just 3 weeks as part of the $2.7 billion package of cuts and taxes the Legislature passed in May in an effort to save Illinois’ Medicaid program from possible collapse.

But with the clock ticking, the state has just sent out notices to the Medicaid families who will be affected once Gov. Pat Quinn signs the bill, as he has promised to do.