Eligibility income levels increase tomorrow

Many programs, including HUSKY and Medicaid, base eligibility determinations on the Federal Poverty Level – an antiquated mechanism, that shortchanges CT, of determining what the basics of life cost. Anyway, those dysfunctional standards are updated every year and the new levels become effective tomorrow. Here are the new numbers, with calculations for HUSKY program eligibility categories. For more help in finding out what you may be eligible for and accessing health care in CT, go to our Consumer Health Action Network website or call 1-888-873-4585, toll-free in CT.