News Story Roundup: Federal and State Funding and Community Health Centers
Below are links to recent news stories that highlight state- and federal-level funding developments and the short- and longer-term impact on community health centers in Connecticut. Wheeler leaders and health center colleagues across Connecticut are either quoted or included in the story.
March 17, 2025
CT News Junkie, "Officials Say DSS, Medicaid Face Potentially Bleak Future"
March 16, 2025
CT Insider, "Health centers aim for boost in state funding as Medicaid cuts loom" (NOTE: This story also appeared in the Connecticut Post, Register Citizen, Greenwich Time, Record Journal, New Haven Register, and Middletown Press).
March 13, 2025
Lakeville Journal, "Heath centers seek reimbursement"
March 12, 2025
CT News Junkie, "Community Health Centers File Declaratory Ruling Request Over Medicaid Reimbursement"
CT Public, Community Health Centers in Connecticut Take Legal Action Over Medicaid Reimbursements
Hartford Business Journal, "Connecticut's Community Health Centers File Petition Against State Over Medicaid Rates"
Hartford Courant, "Connecticut's Community Health Centers File Petition Against State Over Medicaid Rates"
March 11, 2025
CT Mirror, "CT's community health centers file petition against state over Medicaid rates" (NOTE: This story also appeared in the Hartford Courant and Hartford Business Journal)
February 28, 2025
CII Inside Investigator, "Lesser and Gilchrest slam proposed $880 billion Medicaid cuts"
News 12, "Doctors warn of dire consequences if cuts are made to Medicaid"
February 16, 2025
NBC 30 "Face the Facts", "Community health centers worried about uncertainty regarding future"
February 14, 2025
Connecticut Mirror, "CT community health centers navigating uncertainty, funding delays"
Connecticut Public (WNPR), "CT community health centers navigating uncertainty, funding delays"
February 12, 2025
CT Insider, "CT community health centers struggling to access funds amid Trump orders, officials say" (NOTE: This story appeared in selected local outlets across the state, including Stamford Advocate, Connecticut Post, and Ridgefield Press).
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February 6, 2025
NBC 30, "Federally funded programs and services in CT are looking for clarity"
