Access Health CT is launching a multi-agency effort to help up to 18,000 parents and caretaker relatives who have lost their Medicaid coverage because of lower income eligibility requirements.
Access Health CT, in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS), the Office of Healthcare Advocate (OHA), and the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), will assist the Husky A parents who, as of Aug. 1, 2016, no longer qualify for Medicaid. They will be transitioning to Qualified Health Plans (QHP) from Medicaid programs.
Lt, Gov. Nancy Wyman said at 155 percent of the federal poverty level for parents and caretaker relatives, Medicaid eligibility in Connecticut is easier to reach than in the rest of the nation, which sets a 138 percent threshold.
In 2015, Connecticut legislation reduced the income limits for Husky A eligibility from 201 percent of the Federal Poverty Level to 155 percent. A group of enrollees with earned income received a year of “transitional medical assistance” from Medicaid up to July 31, 2016. The change will save the state $87 million, but requires up to 18,000 parents and caretaker relatives to move to a plan offered through the exchange or apply for healthcare coverage through a different Medicaid plan.
