Connecticut
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CT Governor Helps Kids by Removing Barrier to CHIP Enrollment
By Sharon Langer, Connecticut Voices for Children Although Connecticut – like most states – is facing unprecedented fiscal challenges, and like other northeast neighboring states, challenging wintry conditions, there is some good health care news for children and families coming from the “State of Steady Habits”. Governor Dannel P. Malloy recently announced that Connecticut will implement presumptive eligibility…
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Holding Steady, Looking Ahead: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost Sharing Practices in Medicaid and CHIP, 2010-2011
Over the past year, as the nation’s attention was focused on the country’s economic problems and the debate over the passage of broader health care reform, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) continued to play their vital role of providing coverage to millions of people who otherwise lack affordable coverage options. In 2010,…
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Rate Review: States Can Help Make Health Insurance More Affordable
Thirty-nine percent increase in California. Fifty-six percent increase in Michigan. Forty-seven percent increase in Connecticut. Twenty-one percent increase in New Mexico. In recent years consumers have faced unprecedented hikes in their health insurance premiums. In many cases, these hikes are driven by the increasing costs of medical care. But what happens when an insurance company…
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Massachusetts Isn’t the Only State with Health Reform Experience
While there is much work to be done implementing the many facets of the health reform, creating the exchange marketplace(s) is one of the tasks that receives much of the attention. Not only is it a new concept to most states but, along with the expansion of Medicaid, it is the mechanism for insuring the…
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State Commissions: A Few States Take Their First Steps Towards Implementing Reform
By Martha Heberlein While the federal government still has a great deal on its plate in terms of implementing health reform (we at CCF are eagerly awaiting every bit of guidance and regulation CMS can throw at us!), many key tasks now move to the states. Should we set up a new high-risk pool? What…
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Weathering the Storm: States Move Forward on Child and Family Health Coverage Despite Tough Economic Climate
This report provides a first look at state activity after the passage of CHIPRA and the availability of increased Medicaid funding in the economic stimulus package. It finds that despite unprecedented fiscal challenges, all but a few states held steady on children’s health coverage, and twenty-three states took steps to move forward. This progress on…
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Out of Touch: A Status Report on CMS’s August 17th Directive
By Jocelyn Guyer On August 17, 2007, CMS sent a letter, known as the August 17th directive, to state health officials sharply restricting the ability of states to cover uninsured children using SCHIP funds. New data and analyses from state officials, research organizations, and policy experts raise significant questions about the basis for and the…
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Children’s Health Coverage: States Moving Forward
This report provides results from a nationwide review of state efforts to provide health care coverage to uninsured children between January 2006 and mid-April 2007. It shows that a large number of states throughout the country have proposed, passed, or implemented initiatives to cover more children through three primary strategies: finding, enrolling, and keeping SCHIP-…
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Closing the Coverage Gap: Trends in Health Insurance Coverage for Children
From 1996-97 to 2003-04, the uninsured rate of low-income children was reduced by a third; however, the national data mask significant variation across the states in how children are faring. To provide a state-specific perspective on the issue, this brief examines health insurance trends for children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia…
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Families at Risk: Impact Of Lower Eligibility Limits for Parents of Husky A Children
In April 2003, Connecticut lowered the income eligibility level for working parents from 150 percent to 100 percent of the federal poverty level. This issue brief discusses the policy’s impact throughout the state. This issue brief is part of Families at Risk, a series of policy briefs exploring the consequences of changes to the Connecticut’s…
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Families at Risk: Implications of A Global Cap on Connecticut’s Federal Medicaid Funding
This issue brief focuses on how a global gap would fundamentally alter the financing structure of Connecticut’s Medicaid program, potentially leaving it with inadequate funds to meet the health care needs of its residents. This issue brief is part of Families at Risk, a series of policy briefs exploring the consequences of changes to the…
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Families at Risk: The Impact of Copayments and Reduced Benefits on Children in Husky A
In addition to charging monthly premiums, a Connecticut law passed in 2003 calls for a reduction in HUSKY A (Medicaid) EPSTD benefits and for cost-sharing on services for children. This issue brief describes the potential effects of these changes, showing the negative impact on the health of Connecticut’s poorest and sickest children. This issue brief…
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Families At Risk: The Impact of Premiums on Children and Parents in Husky A
Authors: Joan Alker and Judith Solomon Published by: Connecticut Health Foundation In August 2003, the Connecticut General Assembly passed the state’s budget for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, directing the Department of Social Services to impose premiums on families with incomes between 50 percent and 185 percent of the federal poverty level in HUSKY A,…
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Federal Proposals to Restructure Medicaid: What Could They Mean For Connecticut?
President Bush’s fiscal year 2004 budget proposes to restructure many of the core features of the Medicaid program. This report examines how Connecticut would fare under the President’s proposal and considers alternative approaches to reform.