Year of News:

1. Confusion about Medicaid work requirements, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Oct 02, 2026

   Stories about confusion about Medicaid work requirements in a state that implemented them early; some states taking a tougher stance on work requirements; meal deliveries programs at risk of being cut; new guidelines for maternal fetal medicine specialists in states with abortion bans; and an investigation into Connecticut’s law that allows the state to collect debts from the formerly incarcerated.

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2. Training Spanish-speaking doulas in Connecticut, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Sep 25, 2026

   Stories about the rising cost of health insurance; disparities in children’s health coverage; Americans are still rationing insulin; disparities in women who are prescribed opioids after C-sections; and an effort to train more Spanish-speaking doulas in Connecticut.

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3. Immigrants in CT could lose Medicare coverage, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Aug 21, 2026

   Stories about lawfully present immigrants at risk of losing Medicare coverage; what’s being done to address health care affordability in CT; the small tool hospitals are using to prevent postpartum deaths and complications; an effort to bring healthy foods to a Hartford neighborhood; and mobile methadone clinics bring care to the communities that need it.

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4. Millions of American children act as caregivers, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Aug 14, 2026

   Stories about how Medicaid work requirements could create challenges for homeless people trying to maintain their coverage; millions of the kids in the U.S. act as caregivers; how midwives offer care in maternity deserts; why doula care is still out of reach for many; and a new partnership to address a health care staffing shortage in Connecticut.

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5. How AI is being used for Medicaid enrollment, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Aug 07, 2026

   AI being used to help people enroll in Medicaid; states face time crunch before Medicaid work requirements take effect; people with disabilities fear service cuts; rates of high blood pressure in pregnant women on the rise; CT’s incarcerated testify about problems with health care access.

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6. Farmworkers who rely on Medicaid could risk losing coverage, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jul 17, 2026

   Stories about the employment patterns that could put farmworkers at risk of losing health coverage; a Medicaid meal delivery program that is improving people’s health; Medicaid recipients able to access care at some clinics again; the changes coming to the way OB-GYNs are paid that could improve maternal health outcomes; and disruptions to cancer disparity researchers’ work.

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7. How a Supreme Court ruling could impact the health care system, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jul 10, 2026

   Stories about a loophole that lets some health systems make millions off of their emergency departments; how a recent SCOTUS ruling could impact an already strained health care workforce; a close look at the work Black midwives do; the disparities in heat related deaths; and what to know about new Medicaid work requirements.

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8. Tens of thousands of CT residents could lost Medicaid coverage, and more in this week’s roundup

   Thursday, Jun 18, 2026

   Stories about people traveling out of the country for dental care; fear and confusion around applying for rural health funds; Connecticut residents at risk of losing Medicaid coverage; Americans struggling to pay for health care costs; and the U.S. infant mortality rate is declining.

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9. A growing number of doulas in Connecticut, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jun 05, 2026

   Stories about doulas helping address postpartum depression; Black midwives suing Southern states; the stories of people sued over medical debt in Connecticut; medical neglect in ICE detention; and young people turning to AI chatbots for mental health help.

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10. Children’s Medicaid enrollment falling, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 29, 2026

    Stories about why fewer children are signed up for Medicaid; why a federal rural health fund may not help reopen hospitals in health care deserts; a life-saving tool to address skin tone bias; moms’ mental health declining; and a local male nurse on why he decided to go into labor and delivery.

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