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$50 million health coverage opportunity for CT from national health reform
CT can access $50 million in federal funds to cover state residents with pre-existing conditions until 2014 when insurers will…
Read MoreSustiNet medical home committee making progress
At last week’s SustiNet Patient-Centered Medical Home committee meeting we heard about medical home initiatives in the two programs that…
Read MorePredictably Irrational author comes to CT
Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape our Decisions, spoke at Wednesday’s Donaghue Foundation annual meeting…
Read MoreThe Treatment Trap author visits CT
I had already ordered her book online after reading a review in Health Affairs when I got an invitation to…
Read MoreSmoking bans slowly move to private clubs
The 2003 state law prohibiting smoking in restaurants and bars exempted private clubs. In 2007 the Supreme Court upheld the…
Read MoreMyths and truths in national health reform
There has been a lot of misinformation about the new national health reform bill and what it will mean for…
Read MoreBHP initiative reduces hospital delay days by 22% in two years
At Wednesday’s Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council meeting, Value Options, DCF, DSS and eight hospitals announced remarkable progress in reducing…
Read MoreHouse passes budget mitigation plan
Yesterday the House approved a plan to address the $371 million deficit in this year’s state budget. The Senate will…
Read MoreFoundation working to get health reform truth out
The Universal Health Care Foundation of CT announced yesterday a public awareness campaign to help people in CT understand the…
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