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State Wants To Restrict Medicaid Eligibility For Low-Income Adults

Governor Dannel Malloy's mid-term budget adjustments make some notable changes to the way the state pays for healthcare.  WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.
 
In 2010, the state started a temporary program to provide health benefits to some uninsured, low-income residents. But now the state says that program is over enrolled and too expensive.  Arielle Levin Becker covers healthcare for the Connecticut Mirror.
 
"The administration's position has been that the cost of the program has just grown to an unsustainable rate." 
 
In his budget, Malloy says he's asking the federal government for a waiver -- one that would allow him to limit the eligibility for the program.  He says the change could save the state nearly $17 million.  
 
In an unrelated move, the governor is looking to save another $10 million by changing state laws to allow people other than nurses to administer medications to patients living at home.  The change could face opposition in the legislature. 
 
For WNPR, I'm Jeff Cohen

Jeff Cohen started in newspapers in 2001 and joined Connecticut Public in 2010, where he worked as a reporter and fill-in host. In 2017, he was named news director. Then, in 2022, he became a senior enterprise reporter.

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