HUSKY

Connecticut’s public health care will be expanded to cover more undocumented kids this summer — but advocates want lawmakers to do more to ensure medical coverage is available for older teenagers as well.

Previously, kids aged 12 and under were eligible for coverage under the state’s Medicaid plan.

Connecticut doctors are calling on state lawmakers to cover undocumented immigrants who financially qualify for the HUSKY Health program until age 26.

A policy that guaranteed Medicaid coverage during the pandemic is ending, and thousands of Connecticut residents could be affected.

Some kids in Connecticut are waiting months for behavioral health autism services. Providers say it's because HUSKY reimbursement rates are low.

Advocates wrote to legislators and spoke at a hearing urging Connecticut to expand Medicaid to people 25 and younger regardless of immigration status.

Connecticut health care advocates are calling on the state Legislature to expand HUSKY coverage for undocumented immigrants.