"Scott, you are really not in a position to offer that opinion. The prior health care plan instituted for children in the past has been a complete success. It has served as the model for the new plan for adults. Please keep in mind that the insurance coverage is provided by the same insurance carriers now providing coverage in the employer group health care plans. The state's position in the plan is to assure affordability to the applicants."
I guess that's why two of the four program providers left the program in April, and why Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut withdrew from bidding on the combined program in March because of "concerns about inadequate state funding".
Starting July 1, HUSKY beneficiaries will have six months to transition to new HUSKY providers.
Sheldon Toubman, a Connecticut legal aid attorney, said the merger could force thousands of HUSKY beneficiaries to find new physicians for the second time in less than one year.
Source: California Heathline (www.californiahealthline.org)
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