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Patients caught in the middle when hospitals and insurers fight, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, Sep 05, 2025
Stories about maternal health, hospitals preparing for federal changes, the barriers to care facing Sikh immigrants, and patients caught in the middle when hospitals and insurers cut ties.
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Why young Americans dread turning 26, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, Aug 15, 2025
Stories about health insurance, funding for maternal health research, and the hidden costs of cutting Medicaid.
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More than half of new moms miss postpartum checkups, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, Aug 08, 2025
Stories about maternal health, new work reporting requirements, cancer screenings, childhood vaccination rates, and a rapid-response team for gender-affirming care.
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What’s in CT’s new maternal health laws, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, Jul 25, 2025
Connecticut has two new laws aimed at improving maternal health. Looming Medicaid cuts worry people with disabilities, and thousands of Access Health CT customers could face increases in their insurance costs next year. New efforts to target immigrants have stoked fears in communities. Georgia’s experiences offer a glimpse at what Medicaid work requirements could look like.
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Doula services increasingly covered by Medicaid, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, Jul 18, 2025
More states passing laws to grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries, gaps in mental health care for Connecticut mothers, patients delaying care due to fears of ICE raids, changes to who federally qualified health centers can serve, and states up against a tight timeline to enforce work requirements.
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Health disparities persist in Connecticut, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, Jun 27, 2025
Health disparities remain across U.S. according to new report, advocates warn against Medicaid work requirements, environmental health disparities across different neighborhoods, how evictions are harmful to Black mothers’ health and those around them, and lapses in some states maternal health data.
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Inequities in access to Alzheimer’s drug, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, Jun 06, 2025
Why more children may soon become caretakers to adults, how federal cuts are impacting language services in health care, the stories of Black doulas looking to improve outcomes for mothers, Connecticut taking steps to reduce c-section rates, and a new study finds inequities in who is prescribed a sought-after Alzheimer’s drug.
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Health care workers in CT help those experiencing homelessness, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, May 30, 2025
How Connecticut health care workers are helping the homeless population, Connecticut churches are seeing more people concerned about Medicaid and Social Security cuts, how a federal bill would hurt Black women’s health, federal cuts abruptly ended a program that brought personal attention to health care, and a new study on mothers’ mental health.
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Studies show Medicaid saves lives, and more in this week’s roundup
Friday, May 23, 2025
Calls for more inclusive standards for aspiring doctors with disabilities, new studies back support for Medicaid with data, the face of Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement speaks out against the program, a new program in Connecticut meant to help new mothers, what happens to rural patients when their hospitals stop delivering babies.
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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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