Dems float Medicaid rate plan as grant funding hangs in balance

Connecticut Inside Investigator – Wednesday, January 29, 2025
By Katherine Revello

Legislative Democratic leaders held a press conference on January 28 to unveil a legislative proposal that would increase the state’s Medicaid reimbursement rates, which have largely remained at 57 percent since they were last adjusted in 2007. However, recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration that paused funding for grants and loans loomed large over the press conference, with Democrats expressing uncertainty about what the move means for federal taxpayer funding Connecticut receives for many state programs.

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