So why should this matter to you if you have private insurance? Needing Medicaid is very much a "there but for the grace of God go I" situation. Medicaid home services often are the difference between a person being able to stay home or ending up in a much costlier nursing home, paid for by the state. Besides hurting patients who could be you or me or a loved one, these shortsighted cuts will cost the state much more in the long term as more people are placed in nursing homes, end up in emergency departments or have worsening health outcomes. Every Connecticut taxpayer will shoulder those additional costs.