Medicaid/Husky

The federal stimulus and SCHIP: How much help is there for CT’s health?

By Ellen Andrews | February 17, 2009

A new analysis by the CT Health Policy Project details significant relief for CT’s consumers and our state budget in…

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Behavioral Health Partnership Update

By Ellen Andrews | February 13, 2009

DSS delivered some very good news at Wednesday’s meeting of the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council. The Behavioral Health Partnership…

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Charter Oak calls to the Consumer Helpline

By Ellen Andrews | February 10, 2009

I have been receiving a lot of calls on our Consumer Helpline (1-888-873-4585) from people having trouble signing up for…

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Medicaid Managed Care Council/PCCM update

By Ellen Andrews | February 9, 2009

At Friday’s Council meeting DSS announced that not only did they default HUSKY families in Anthem and traditional Medicaid to…

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Governor releases her budget proposal

By Ellen Andrews | February 4, 2009

As promised, the Governor’s state budget proposal for the next two years released today includes painful cuts. Overall, Medicaid would…

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CT’s state and national legislators express concerns about forcing HUSKY families into inadequate HMOs effective today

By Ellen Andrews | February 1, 2009

Friday morning state legislators gathered for a press conference outlining their concerns that DSS plans to force 60,000 HUSKY consumers…

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House stimulus package would give CT $474 million for Medicaid; COBRA subsidies for unemployed

By Ellen Andrews | January 29, 2009

Yesterday the US House passed an $819 billion stimulus package meant to reverse the declining economy. A great deal of…

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HUSKY/PCCM update

By Ellen Andrews | January 10, 2009

Yesterday’s meeting of the Medicaid Managed Care Council was lively, but ended before addressing some important issues. The Commissioner acknowledged…

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CMS approves forcing HUSKY families into HMOs

By Ellen Andrews | December 30, 2008

In a reversal of their position in a Dec. 5th letter, CMS is now allowing DSS to force 138,000 HUSKY…

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