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  1. CT health centers and hospitals concerned about impacts of Medicaid cuts, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jul 11, 2025

    A guide to Connecticut’s Medicaid program, how community health centers in Connecticut are bracing for impacts of Medicaid cuts, what challenges rural hospitals may soon face, the impact of Medicaid cuts on breast cancer patients, and how new visa restrictions are delaying foreign medical students from filling critical positions.

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  2. States that offer health coverage regardless of immigration status face threats, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jun 13, 2025

    Federal government threatens states that provide health coverage to undocumented immigrants, experts warn Medicaid work requirements would create unnecessary red tape, Planned Parenthood clinics at risk of closing and leaving women without access to health care, fewer rural hospitals are delivering babies, and a study into the impacts of state gun laws on pediatric deaths.

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  3. Migrants missing doctor’s visits out of deportation fears, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 16, 2025

    Doctors growing concerned about people skipping medical care over fear of immigration enforcement, Connecticut officials react to proposed Medicaid changes, how Medicaid cuts could impact children’s health, an explainer on HUSKY D, the Medicaid expansion in CT, and an advocate is trying to help improve Black maternal health.

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  4. 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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  5. HUSKY 4 Immigrants: Expanding health coverage for immigrants benefits everyone

    Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024

    Efforts in Connecticut to expand coverage to Connecticut’s undocumented residents have been spearheaded by HUSKY 4 Immigrants, a coalition of nearly two dozen state and local organizations.

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  6. Grants will support advocacy for coverage expansion

    Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

    Grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to expand health care coverage to more immigrants and to ensure that those who are eligible can get covered.

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  7. NEW REPORT: Georgetown University recommends steps to improve the health of CT’s children

    Wednesday, Jan 02, 2019

    HARTFORD, Conn. (Jan. 2, 2019) – Connecticut outperforms many states on key measures of children’s health care access and quality, but lags behind…

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  8. NEW REPORT: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families finds Medicaid’s impact goes beyond health care

    Tuesday, Aug 21, 2018

    HARTFORD, Conn. (August 21, 2018) – Medicaid is best known as a health insurance program that provides coverage to low-income Connecticut residents,…

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  9. NEW BRIEF: Impact of Reducing Eligibility for HUSKY Parents from 155% of FPL to 138% of FPL

    Wednesday, Mar 01, 2017

    Impact of Reducing Eligibility for HUSKY Parents from 155% of FPL to 138% of FPL
    Potential Impact of Governor’s Budget Proposal on HUSKY…

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  10. Medicaid Eligibility Among Cuts in Governor’s Budget Proposal

    Wednesday, Feb 08, 2017

    HARTFORD, CT (February 8, 2017) – Today Patricia Baker, President & CEO of the Connecticut Health Foundation, issued the following statement in…

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