Medicaid/Husky

Medicaid Council update

By Ellen Andrews | June 14, 2013

  Today’s Medicaid Council focused on the SIM planning process working to reform CT’s health system across payers. The project…

HUSKY parents stay in Medicaid in state budget

By Ellen Andrews | June 4, 2013

The budget that passed the Senate yesterday and the House this weekend makes no changes to HUSKY parents eligibility. In…

ConneCT consumer portal looks good

By Ellen Andrews | April 12, 2013

Today’s Medicaid Council focused on ConneCT, DSS’s new consumer portal and document management system. The demonstration by Deloitte was impressive.…

What can Charter Oak teach the CT health insurance exchange?

By Ellen Andrews | March 27, 2013

A comparison finds lower consumer costs in the current Charter Oak plan than the Access Health CT (the CT Health Insurance…

HUSKY parents cut – costs outlined, rally planned

By Ellen Andrews | March 25, 2013

The Governor’s budget proposed cutting 37,500 working parents from Medicaid in 2014. Families affected have incomes between 133 and 185%…

LIA waiver denied

By Ellen Andrews | March 5, 2013

The administration’s plan to apply an asset test to families of young people in the Low Income Adults program (formerly…

Exchange update: HUSKY parents at risk, out of network standard plan costs alarming

By Ellen Andrews | February 22, 2013

Public testimony before yesterday’s CT Health Insurance Exchange Board centered on the administration’s proposal to cut eligibility for HUSKY parents…

Governor proposes to cut 40,000 working parents from HUSKY

By Ellen Andrews | February 6, 2013

The Governor’s budget proposal released today would move an estimated 20,000 working parents with incomes from 133% to 185% of…

Medicaid Council new site and meeting update

By Ellen Andrews | January 15, 2013

The Medicaid Oversight Council has a new, comprehensive website. It is now easy to find the calendar for the Council…