Year of News:

1. What Medicaid cuts would mean for CT, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, May 02, 2025

   What federal cuts to Medicaid would mean for Connecticut, how children with cancer covered by Medicaid could be impacted by potential cuts, a blog post on the consequences of Medicaid work requirements, confusion over nondiscrimination rules for AI, and how Black Americans can advocate for themselves at the doctor’s office.

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2. Nearly half of Americans exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Apr 25, 2025

   Nearly half of Americans exposed to unhealthy air pollution, Medicaid cuts would disproportionately impact patients and providers of color, CT health departments struggling with uncertainty of funding cuts, future of Black maternal health programs is unclear, and study finds that people in states with abortion bans are more likely to die.

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3. Black maternal health advocates tell their stories, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Apr 18, 2025

   While some states push for Medicaid work requirements many programs don’t help enrollees get jobs, how cutting Medicaid would also impact long-term care and caregivers, concerns over federal funding cuts to HIV/AIDS research, Black maternal health advocates share their stories, and how a non-profit organization is helping those experiencing homelessness in New Haven.

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4. Grant will support evaluation of community health worker model to address health disparities

   Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025

   Connecticut Health Foundation awards 7 grants in the first quarter of 2025.

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5. Black patients hit hard by opioid crisis and barriers to care, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Apr 04, 2025

   Connecticut public health programs lose millions in funding, Black patients hit hard by opioid crisis also face barriers to treatment, future of important maternal mortality database unclear, Americans struggling to afford medical care, and rural America facing dentist shortage and effects of lack of fluoride.

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6. Mental health care that meets people where they are, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Mar 21, 2025

   Health insurance financial aid in Connecticut expiring this year, federal funding cuts impact Connecticut food banks and schools, how a street psychiatrist earns patients’ trust, a clinic dedicated to treating the homeless population, and which women are most affected by abortion bans.

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7. The impact of potential cuts to Medicaid, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Mar 07, 2025

   Community health centers in Connecticut cutting dental care, the impact of potential Medicaid cuts, Black and Hispanic patients pay the most for maternity care, researchers locked out of critical maternal health database, and synthetic hair marketed to Black women contains potentially dangerous chemicals.

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8. Health care workers race to learn about immigration rights, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Feb 28, 2025

   CT among states that sat on opioid settlement funds, efforts to address nursing shortage in CT, rural patients drive long distances for surgery, health care workers race to learn about immigration law in response to ICE raids, and undocumented immigrants describe the impacts of not having health coverage.

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9. Community health centers face uncertainty, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Feb 21, 2025

   Potential for federal funding freeze leaves Connecticut community health centers feeling uncertain, new studies point to far-reaching impact of abortion bans, how centering the mother can help fill gaps in postpartum care, as some states consider Medicaid work requirements others are scaling back, how AI has been impersonating medical professionals.

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10. Health care for formerly incarcerated youth, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Feb 14, 2025

    A new federal law will help connect formerly incarcerated young people to health care, what the governor’s budget proposal would mean for health care in CT, immigrants in some cities are skipping health care visits out of fear of ICE raids, the systemic failures that have led to Black women being more likely to die of cervical cancer, and a drop in first-year Black medical students in one New England state.

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