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Lawmakers Mull Medicaid Funding for Community Health Workers
Connecticut legislators considered expanding Medicaid coverage on Tuesday to include sustainable funding for community health workers -- public outreach liaisons who help residents navigate a range of...
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Human Services Panel Scales Back, Then Passes Proposal to Extend Medicaid to...
A proposal to extend Medicaid coverage to young Connecticut immigrants cleared the Human Services Committee Thursday after it was scaled back during more than two hours of closed door negotiations.
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OP-ED | Advancing Affordable Care and a Healthier Connecticut: Near-Term...
Guest opinion writer Mark Schaefer of the Connecticut Hospital Association says that if the state wants to make healthcare more affordable, we need to talk about all healthcare spending in our state,...
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A Season of Disappointment on the Horizon
Student activists rallied outside the state Capitol Thursday with demands that policymakers fund an expansion of Medicaid benefits for young immigrants through one of countless bills certain to be...
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Medicaid Cuts and the Poor and the United States of Guns
Editorial cartoons by John Cole and Randall Enos. Ed Barber of the Newport Daily Express reports on the Ripple Effect of Medicaid Cuts, and John Gramlich of the Pew Research Center reported last week...
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Immigrant Activists Rally for Health Care, Stable Scheduling
A group of immigrant activists marched Monday to the state Capitol where they rallied for passage of legislation including an expansion of Medicaid eligibility for undocumented children and stable...
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Coalition Fights Against Health Care Discrimination For Disabled, Older Adults
The Appropriations Committee had until today to raise the asset limit for low-income and disabled adults, but it didn’t. However, advocates are not giving up the fight.
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State Offers Help To Residents Who Want To Keep Their Medical Coverage...
State officials are trying to reach out to residents who may lose their Medicaid coverage because of changes in the federal rules.
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Winners and Losers of the 2023 Legislative Session
The 2023 Connecticut legislative session wrapped up at midnight on Wednesday, ending a five-month struggle for countless causes, advocates, and public officials all hoping to see their interests moved...
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In Connecticut, 46,140 Disenrolled From Medicaid Yet Many Pivot to Alternate...
At least 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees in 25 states and the District of Columbia have been disenrolled as of June 22, following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. In Connecticut, at...
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Advocacy Groups Urge Federal Intervention in Medicaid/Medicare Advertising...
In a joint effort to protect the rights and well-being of low-income older adults and people with disabilities in Connecticut who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, advocacy organizations...
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Blumenthal Urges Federal Regulators to Investigate Medicare Advantage Plan...
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joined a disability rights advocate Tuesday to urge federal health care regulators to allow certain consumers to opt out of Medicare Advantage plans in response to a United...
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Connecticut Advocates Alarmed By Lengthy DSS Call Center Wait Times
Advocates for Connecticut residents who receive state benefits like Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are concerned that call center wait times have increased, in some...
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Connecticut Seeks to Expand Medicaid Coverage to Residents About to Leave Prison
Connecticut is pursuing a new waiver to allow incarcerated residents to enroll in Medicaid prior to their release from prison in hopes of curbing high rates of overdose deaths often seen among those...
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Hospitals Struggle to Maintain Services Amidst Medicaid Underpayment Concerns
Connecticut Hospital Association officials said its members are struggling to maintain the current level of staff and services due to low reimbursement rates for Medicaid.
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Budget Adjustment Falls Short in Addressing Medicaid Rate Crisis
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget adjustments don’t tackle increasing Medicaid rates for any variety of services from dental care to autism services to physician rates for Connecticut’s neediest citizens. It...
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Aging Committee Mulls Elderly Scams, Medicaid Funding, And Quality of Life At...
The legislature's Aging Committee is considering a bill to protect the state's elderly residents from a rising tide of scam attempts, another to require nursing homes to spend at least 80% of the...
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Legislature Debates Solution for Medicaid
Legislators from both sides of the aisle pointed to the first part of a two-year study to conclude Medicaid is underfunded by the state, and some don’t want to wait for the second half in order to...
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First Responders Draw The Line On Medicaid Reimbursement Rates
First responders waded into the disagreement on Medicaid reimbursements between the governor and the legislature on Monday with a news conference on funding shortfalls for ambulance services.
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Legislature Approves Resolution To Increase Wages, Benefits For 12,000 Home...
The General Assembly passed a resolution Monday approving an agreement that will mean wage and fringe benefit increases for self-directed personal care attendants in the state.
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