No child residing in Connecticut should be without basic health care coverage, regardless of their immigration status. After the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Connecticut was the first state to offer HUSKY Health, our Medicaid program, to qualified low-income adults. Since the ACA took effect in 2010, there has been substantial research illustrating the positive impact Medicaid access has on both individual health and the economy overall. The expansion is associated with factors such as financial security, employment gains, financial stability for medical providers and reductions in uncompensated care costs for hospitals and clinics.