Opinion: CT must safeguard its maternal and infant safety net

CT Mirror – Thursday, September 25, 2025
By Alison Jacobson

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cause a major disruption of Connecticut’s public health and social welfare infrastructure.

Comptroller Sean Scanlon estimates somewhere between 103,000 to 171,000 people could lose their Medicaid coverage due to $13 billion in cuts over the next decade, and the state could pay as much as $173 million a year just to maintain current SNAP services.

Alison Jacobson is the CEO and Executive Director of Connecticut-based First Candle, a national 501(c)3 which is committed to the elimination of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths. She is also a member of the Connecticut Child Fatality Review Panel and the Connecticut Perinatal Quality Collaborative.

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