As many as 10,000 parents will likely become uninsured if the state follows through with changes to its Medicaid program meant to reduce costs, according to an analysis commissioned by the Connecticut Health Foundation.
The report, written by University of Massachusetts Medical School researchers, found that reducing eligibility for parents in the Husky A Medicaid program would affect a total of 34,000 parents.
Even with available subsidies through the state’s health insurance exchange, the average parent would see his costs increase by an average of $1,900 per year, the analysis said. And that would be for less comprehensive coverage than Medicaid offers.
The result would be that children would be less likely to have health insurance, researchers said.
Gov. Dannel Malloy has proposed that two groups of Husky A beneficiaries should seek subsidized coverage through Access Health CT:
- Parents enrolled in Husky A with incomes earning between $28,000 and $40,000 for a family of three.
- Pregnant women earning 138 percent to 263 percent for a family of three.
