The Medicaid State Plan service allows people who may otherwise need a nursing home level of care to schedule supports and other services in their own homes.

During testimony that stretched for hours at the state capitol, critics argued the legislation would give Connecticut's Public Health Commissioner sweeping power to set vaccination schedules and define immunization standards for residents.

Los umbrales financieros para calificar para HUSKY C son injustos para muchas personas con discapacidades en todo Connecticut, dijeron los defensores.

Aides that provide medical care are required to have dementia training, but that requirement doesn’t apply to homemaker companion agency workers. Part of a state bill would change that.

Financial thresholds to qualify for HUSKY C are unfair to many people with disabilities across Connecticut, advocates said.

AARP Connecticut’s main priority going into this legislative session is a “modest" tax credit for family caregivers of an adult or a child with a complex medical need.

With uncertainty in Congress around reviving expired federal health care subsidies, Connecticut officials are considering another extension of open enrollment for 2026 Affordable Care Act plans.

Flu cases in Connecticut have increased dramatically over the last month, and health officials say the surge in illnesses is happening earlier this season.

Connecticut data from 2022 to 2023 show medications from retail pharmacies accounted for the state's highest health care spending increase.

The beginning of a new year will bring many things to Connecticut: longer days, another season of state lawmakers debating and passing bills and a slew of new policies taking effect Jan. 1.