Medicaid/Husky

Cost Cap project could reduce access to care, stifle efficiency and innovation, and increase disparities

By Ellen Andrews | May 28, 2020

Download the Summary or Full Report Healthcare costs a lot in Connecticut, especially for middle and lower income residents. Primary…

Advocates, providers send Governor, legislators letter about cost cap impact and unintended consequences

By Ellen Andrews | May 28, 2020

Yesterday, twenty advocates and providers sent letters to the Governor and legislative leaders objecting to the rush to develop a…

CT Medical Society signs on with state HIE that plans to sell medical records

By Ellen Andrews | May 24, 2020

The state’s controversial HIE signed up its first participating provider network. Thursday the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) announced that…

CT hospitals would fare better than most if all payers used Medicare payment rates

By Ellen Andrews | May 13, 2020

A new study published in Health Affairs finds that if commercial payment rates were set at fee-for-service Medicare levels in…

Protecting affordability in a pandemic — Experts find fair prices for remdesivir between $10 and $4,500

By Ellen Andrews | May 5, 2020

In a nation hungry for good news in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, remdesivir has emerged as a first ray of…

CTNJ: Forecast Estimates More Than 100,000 New CT Medicaid Members

By Ellen Andrews | April 14, 2020

According to modeling by Health Management Associates, the COVID-19 pandemic could raise Connecticut’s Medicaid rolls 15% to 32% by mid-2020,…

CTNJ: Analysis — Will COVID-19 Make Health Insurance Premiums Skyrocket?

By Ellen Andrews | April 8, 2020

Not necessarily. COVID-19 could cost the US between $34 billion and $251 billion for testing, treatment and care. Some analysts…

Letter urges state to go farther to protect Connecticut’s health and affordability

By Ellen Andrews | April 7, 2020

Building on previous letters from legal services, the CT Health Policy Project sent a letter today thanking the state for…

CTNJ: The recession is here, and healthcare is in the center of it

By Ellen Andrews | March 25, 2020

After the longest economic recovery in US history, we’ve been expecting a recession for a long time. We knew when…