Statewide Legal Services of
Connecticut has posted practical advice for the 17,688 working parents
about to lose HUSKY coverage at the end of next month. Budget issues forced
state lawmakers to cut parents’ eligibility. Preparing for the likelihood that
many of them will become uninsured, SLSCT has drafted very consumer-friendly
fact sheets in English
and Spanish including
updating information, checking out AccessHealthCT coverage, getting doctor
appointments now, prescription refills, and talking with providers about
affording future care without coverage.
1,215 lost coverage last summer but a much larger number are
scheduled to be cut at the end of July. Of the first cohort about half were
able to keep Medicaid coverage through a different eligibility category, but
it’s expected that fewer of this summer’s cohort will be as lucky. While the
administration is labeling
the cuts a “transition” to coverage in the insurance exchange,
AccessHealthCT, only 13% of last summer’s group has been able to afford that
coverage. The remainder are very likely uninsured now.
