Archive for October 2013
Connecticut breaks through to a B-/C+ on health reform
Connecticut health care thought leaders give our state a B-/C+ (GPA 2.48) on health reform this fall; the highest marks the state has gotten in over a year. Among issue areas the health insurance exchange and public education improved since the last survey. Areas that lost ground include Medicaid, patient-centered medical homes, health information technology,…
Read MoreOctober CT Health Policy Webquiz: Premiums in CT’s health insurance exchange
Test your knowledge of the premiums in CT’s health insurance exchange. Take the October CT Health Policy Webquiz.
Read MoreCT Health Reform Progress Meter moves up to 23.7%
Despite the frenzy surrounding the opening of the insurance exchanges, health reform has many other moving parts. CT policymakers have completed 26.2% of the tasks necessary for health reform, making progress from last month. Again, Medicaid accounted for the forward progress in October’s Health Reform Dashboard. As last month, deep concerns about payment reform…
Read MoreCT insurance exchange switch flips on — lots of interest, some glitches
Yesterday’s opening of CT’s insurance exchange, Access Health CT,went about as well as expected. Despite the administration and exchange staff’s repeated lowering of expectations, there was a lot of interest – 123,000 visits to the website by 28,000 unique visitors by 4pm. 167 people got signed up for coverage, including 84 into the Medicaid…
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