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Analysis: Bristol Hospital VP Says Unfair Practices Are Leading to a Nurse Shortage For Independent Hospitals
Healthcare is expensive in Connecticut. The shortage of nurses is a prime driver of those rising costs. Nursing is hard…
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Analysis: CT State Employee Health Plan Tied for Richest in US
Last year, Connecticut’s health plan for current state employees and their dependents covered 98% of the costs of that care,…
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Analysis: Limiting the Metrics We Use to Track Healthcare is Cheating
The quality of healthcare in Connecticut is average at best. There is a strong consensus that provider payments should be…
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Plans for CT opioid settlement far better than our tobacco history
Connecticut is using our $300 million settlement from opioid lawsuits far better than we did with the 1998 tobacco settlement…
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Summer reading — Rough Sleepers
I thought I understood healthcare for the homeless, but I had a lot to learn. Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s…
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Analysis: Connecticut is doing something about healthcare costs, finally
I’ve long been a critic of our state’s inaction on controlling healthcare costs, but I may have to eat my…
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State Health Compare finds CT access to care is good but costly
Connecticut residents have very good access to healthcare, but care is unaffordable for too many. 93% of CT residents have…
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Op-Ed: This Is Why CT Can’t Lower Healthcare Costs
After years of deliberation, Connecticut’s state plan to cap healthcare costs has finally identified the drivers of those costs in…
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Report estimates public coverage not available for 56,000 CT noncitizen residents next year
A new report by the Urban Institute estimates that 67% of Connecticut’s uninsured noncitizen residents won’t be eligible for Medicaid,…
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