Senate Health Care Bill Would Mean Steeper Medicaid Cuts For Connecticut
"In some ways it's even more evil," said
More than one in five
"Medicaid will be eviscerated," said Gov.
Though the
"They have gutted Medicaid even more ferociously." said
Hospitals were bracing for the potential cuts to Medicaid.
"The impact on
Orlando said
"By returning the tax money to the hospitals, the state would have reaped additional federal dollars," he said. "By not receiving those Medicaid dollars that lowers the base rate for which future Medicaid calculations would be based."
"It is also worth noting that the expansion of coverage through the Affordable Care Act was funded in part through cuts to Medicare payments to hospitals," she said. "The
Blumenthal said tens of billions of dollars in funding for opioid addiction treatment in the House version of the bill were slashed in the
"We're going to see days of actions at the grass-roots level," he said. "A call to be loud and be active. ... We've had an incredible response coming into my office. The emails and calls are off the charts."
State Sen.
"We have an epidemic, over 900 people overdosed [in
Kennedy was in
With billions of dollars in looming deficits, it's unlikely
"Everyone in
The
Federal law already prevents Medicaid funds from being used to pay for abortions, so the funding cut would affect other services like contraception and STD and HIV screenings.
"We see poll after poll that shows voters support
Blumenthal and Murphy will be in New
The 142-page bill was negotiated privately by 13 Republican men, another key point of contention for
"It should come as no surprise that
Lt. Gov
On Thursday afternoon, hours after the bill was released, four conservative Republican senators said they would not support it in its current form. Holding a 52-48 advantage in the
Polls have shown that the House health care bill -- which includes many of the same provisions as the
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