Medicaid/Husky
Deficit mitigation plan passes; Eliminates Medicaid payments for never events
Early this morning the General Assembly passed HB 6602, a bill to fill the billion dollar budget gap in the…
Governor releases deficit mitigation proposed cuts for this year
Yesterday Governor Rell released a proposal to mitigate the state budget deficit for the current fiscal year that ends June…
Sheri Aquilino speaks out
The following email arrived at our office yesterday from one of our Board members at the CT Health Policy Project.…
The federal stimulus and SCHIP: How much help is there for CT’s health?
A new analysis by the CT Health Policy Project details significant relief for CT’s consumers and our state budget in…
Behavioral Health Partnership Update
DSS delivered some very good news at Wednesday’s meeting of the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council. The Behavioral Health Partnership…
Charter Oak calls to the Consumer Helpline
I have been receiving a lot of calls on our Consumer Helpline (1-888-873-4585) from people having trouble signing up for…
Medicaid Managed Care Council/PCCM update
At Friday’s Council meeting DSS announced that not only did they default HUSKY families in Anthem and traditional Medicaid to…
Governor releases her budget proposal
As promised, the Governor’s state budget proposal for the next two years released today includes painful cuts. Overall, Medicaid would…
CT’s state and national legislators express concerns about forcing HUSKY families into inadequate HMOs effective today
Friday morning state legislators gathered for a press conference outlining their concerns that DSS plans to force 60,000 HUSKY consumers…