CT’s Medicaid income limits for disabled are illegal, lawsuit alleges

CT’s Medicaid income limits for disabled are illegal, lawsuit alleges

Disability advocates gathered in front of Hartford’s Superior Court on Thursday to announce a lawsuit that contends that the lower income requirements for the disabled to qualify for Medicaid are discriminatory and violate the state constitution. “We require people with disabilities to be extremely poor to quote-unquote deserve state-sponsored health care,” said Rep. Anne Hughes, D-Easton. “That is wrong, it is immoral and it’s left over from a …

Can States Nix Medicaid Dollars for Abortion Clinics? Supreme Court Justices Appear Divided

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case with enormous consequences for federalism and the future of public funding for abortion. The question before the justices: Does the Medicaid Act of 1965 give Medicaid recipients the right to sue states in federal court when those states exclude abortion providers from receiving state Medicaid dollars? A divided court peppered the parties’…

Disability Advocates Sue State For Discrimination Against Disabled, Elderly In Husky Medicaid Program

HARTFORD, CT – Plaintiffs and disability advocates announced Thursday morning at the Hartford Judicial District Courthouse that they are launching a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut to increase the income and asset limits for the state’s Husky Medicaid program.  “Today we’re announcing a new lawsuit filed this morning against the Department of Social Services […]

DSS sued for discrimination against disabled in Medicaid eligibility

Today, Disability Rights Connecticut (DRC) announced it would be filing suit against Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, alleging the state of unfairly discriminating against disabled individuals in its consideration of Medicaid eligibility. The announcement was made in front of the State Superior Court in Hartford, where the suit is to be filed.One of DRC’s attorneys on the case, Sheldon Toubman, said that the differing Medicaid eligib…