Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home, Home Care Providers, and Legislators Call for Urgent Legislative Action to Preserve Community-Based Care

The Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home and its members hosted a rally Thursday May 22nd urging state leadership to take immediate action to protect and stabilize the state’s home and community-based care system. This includes a 10% Medicaid rate increase for home care providers in FY25 and the creation of a multi-year plan for annual Medicaid rate increases to ensure workforce retention and access to care.

Among the legislators coming out in support of the home care providers' urgent request for much-needed funding were Co-Chairs of Human Services (Senator Lesser and Representative Gilchrest), Aging Committee leadership (Representatives Garibay and Bolinsky) and home health nurse Representative Rebecca Martinez.

Connecticut’s Medicaid rates for home care services have remained virtually unchanged for nearly 20 years. Without swift intervention, access to essential care at home will diminish, exacerbating workforce shortages and driving up state healthcare costs through preventable hospitalizations and long-term care admissions. This is a pivotal moment where economic, policy, and moral arguments align. Providers, legislators, and stakeholders are coming together to urge strategic investment in Care at Home before the cost of inaction becomes irreversible.

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