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  1. One family tries to save others from a yearslong waitlist, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Aug 29, 2025

    Stories about waitlists for coverage, New England states considering health policy independence, the end of a program for workforce diversity, how Medicaid cuts could push rural hospitals toward private equity, and helping families of sick children through food.

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  2. Fear pushes patients to telehealth, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Aug 22, 2025

    Stories on how immigration crackdowns affect health, the impact of Medicaid cuts on Black children, and the growing number of seniors who are homeless.

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. New data on lead in CT water lines, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Aug 01, 2025

    Stories on lead in CT water lines, family caregivers, a cut to Medicare in the new tax law, one state backing away from community health workers, and the many names of Medicaid.

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. Statement on final passage of federal bill that cuts Medicaid

    Thursday, Jul 03, 2025

    Connecticut Health Foundation President and CEO Tiffany Donelson released the following statement about the final passage of the federal bill that cuts Medicaid.

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  10. The federal bill and Medicaid: What happens now?

    Thursday, Jul 03, 2025

    The new federal law that passed makes a lot of big changes to health care coverage, especially Medicaid (known as HUSKY in Connecticut).  Based on what we know so far, here are the major Medicaid-related provisions, listed in order of when they take effect.

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