The Community Health Center Association of Connecticut sent a petition Tuesday to the Department of Social Services demanding the agency admit it’s violating state and federal law governing reimbursements for care they provide to low-income patients on Medicaid.
One day after lawmakers ignored his appeal to be frugal with special education, Gov. Ned Lamont previewed the looming fiscal nightmare that is Medicaid.
When Southwest Community Health Center CEO Mollie Melbourne was invited to join U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., in Washington, D.C., for President Donald Trump’s address Tuesday to a joint session of Congress, she said she “jumped at the opportunity.”
If Congress cuts Medicaid funding to states to help extend tax cuts, dental care for adults could be one of the first casualties as legislators and governors re-sort priorities and try to make do with less.
State Democrats are sounding the alarm about proposed cuts to federal Medicaid funding.
They say medical care for almost a million people in Connecticut is now at risk.
A federal funding pause is making it difficult for community health centers across Connecticut to keep their operations running smoothly.
One center in Torrington is starting to feel the effects and is worried it will have a devastating effect on patients who are afraid services they need will be interrupted.
Facing the prospect of massive federal cuts to Medicaid and other programs, state Democrats, health center leaders, and others gathered at the Capitol on Friday to address the potential effects and discuss ways to respond.
Democrats and healthcare leaders, including health center leaders, on Friday warned of devastating consequences for nearly a million of Connecticut’s most vulnerable residents if proposed cuts to Medicaid become law.
Several community health centers in Connecticut are cutting back on dental care — or eliminating it entirely — due to insufficient Medicaid reimbursement rates, officials there said Monday.
Local dentists and dental hygienists volunteered their time and skills Saturday morning for Stay Well Health’s Give Kids a Smile Day in Waterbury.
Families gathered at the Stay Well Health Center on South Main Street for free dental care for children without dental insurance.
The event was part of a nationwide effort by the American Dental Association to ensure that kids can keep healthy smiles.
