Medicaid/Husky

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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HUSKY (waiting for news) and PCCM (more bad news) update

By Ellen Andrews | December 26, 2008

DSS has now changed the date of PCCM’s start from next Thursday to February 1st even in the two small…

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PCCM advocates forced to walk out of meeting

By Ellen Andrews | November 26, 2008

Yesterday’s PCCM working group meeting at DSS did not go well. DSS had no agenda for the meeting which started…

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Charter Oak “pettiness”

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2008

To root out the sources of “negativity” about the Governor’s troubled Charter Oak program, on Friday DSS Commissioner Starkowski made…

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