Student Daily Digest

Are you passionate about health equity and ensuring people of all backgrounds have access to healthcare? Are you interested in getting involved with activism and creating a difference in your community? Join us in learning about the legislative process and how to engage as healthcare advocates in Connecticut!

 

We will be hosting testimony workshops focused on the HUSKY 4 Immigrants and Hospital Financial Assistance campaigns in preparation for upcoming public hearings. 

 

In the last three years, the HUSKY 4 Immigrant coalition successfully expanded HUSKY coverage to undocumented children ages 0-15 and to undocumented pregnant people (prenatal and postpartum). Although there have been great victories, most in our immigrant communities are still left behind with no access to healthcare. This is not sustainable, so we’re ready to keep fighting. This legislative session, we are advocating for the appropriation committee to include funds in the state budget to expand Medicaid to immigrants. 

 

Medical debt is a major and growing contributor to the cycle of economic and health inequity. Racial inequities in income, wealth, and insurance coverage play a role in the prevalence and burden of medical debt. This is why Health Equity Solutions and healthcare advocates in Connecticut are advocating to improve the hospital financial assistance policies to increase accessibility to our communities that are most affected by medical debt.