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Medicaid update

By Ellen Andrews | April 12, 2014

Yesterday’s Medicaid Council focused on improving enrollment and quality performance in the program. From the new ConneCT Dashboard we learned…

Health Care Cabinet meeting — SIM, exchange updates

By Ellen Andrews | April 9, 2014

Yesterday’s Cabinet meeting was lively — not sure it was productive. The insurance exchange reported on a flurry of last…

Health Justice CT video contest winners announced

By Ellen Andrews | April 8, 2014

HealthJusticeCT has announced the winners of this year’s video challenge. The contest challenged individuals and groups to develop short, creative…

SIM comments on financial incentives, consumer surveys

By Ellen Andrews | April 7, 2014

SIM has started floating their proposals to implement health care reform in CT and #2in particular is troubling for consumers.…

Harvard Pilgrim earns license to sell insurance in CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 4, 2014

Yesterday Harvard Pilgrim announced that they received approval from CT’s insurance department to sell health insurance in our state, but…

April CT Health Policy Webquiz: Medicaid, exchange churn in CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 4, 2014

Test your knowledge about churn out of public coverage in CT. Take the April CT Health Policy Webquiz.

CTNJ Op-Ed: How is CT’s exchange really doing?

By Ellen Andrews | April 3, 2014

CT News Junkie is a CT treasure that policymakers, advocates and other stakeholders rely on for the latest information on…

My first FDA Advisory Committee meeting – refreshing change from CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 1, 2014

I was recently appointed as a consumer representative to the FDA’s Anti-Infective Drug Advisory Committee and yesterday was my first…

State Health assessment unveiled

By Ellen Andrews | March 26, 2014

DPH has been working for over a year to develop CT’s State Health Assessment and Health Improvement Plan —  a…