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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…

Underservice committee starts work

By Ellen Andrews | March 26, 2014

Yesterday’s first meeting of the MAPOC Complex Care Committee underservice workgroup was very productive. (We need a shorter name). The…

SIM update

By Ellen Andrews | March 26, 2014

Not much happened at Monday’s SIM steering committee meeting. The lists of recommended workgroup members from both the SIM personnel…