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Census: More Adults without Health Insurance in CT

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Friday, September 16, 2011   

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The number of Connecticut adults without health insurance is up from two years ago, new census data shows, mostly the result of employees who've lost their jobs and health coverage. That's creating both economic and emotional hardships for families around the state.

The rise of more than 2 percent - to 12.5 percent - worries the Rev. Bonita Grubbs, director of New Haven's Christian Community Action.

"There are certain basic things that people need in order to have a high quality of life, and when they don't have them, there are indeed additional stressors in their lives and in the lives of the children who are in that family system. Health care is definitely one of them."

Grubbs is a member of Gov. Dannel Malloy's SustiNet Health Care Cabinet, which is helping to guide implementation of federal health-care reform in Connecticut.

Mary Alice Lee, senior fellow with Connecticut Voices for Children, crunched the numbers. With Medicaid cuts on the table at the federal level, she says, the situation could become even worse.

"We are very concerned that, with this very delicate economy, economic situation, both in the state and nationwide, that any cuts in Medicaid will seriously cut into health insurance coverage."

The number of children without health insurance in the state has not risen during the past two years, Lee says, thanks to "Husky," the state's low-income insurance program for youngsters.

"The enrollment in the Husky program has continued to grow steadily since its creation back in 1997 in Connecticut. There's been recent increases in eligibility for parents and for pregnant women."

Still, advocates say, the more than 52,000 children without coverage need access to health care, too.

The Connecticut data is online at ctkidslink.org.


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