Blog
Updated website and expanded reach for comparative effectiveness org – ICER
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has a new website with decision aids for consumers and doctors, comparative value…
CT health insurance exchange update – enrollees trend older, Anthem billing problems, and good stories of coverage
Customers trying to buy coverage on Access Health CT, our state’s health insurance exchange, from Anthem are having trouble paying…
Health equity lectures
The Bioscience CT Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health Center is sponsoring a series of lectures this year on Health…
Medicaid Council update – very good news on PCMHs
At today’s Medicaid Council meeting we heard an impressive presentation by DSS and CHNCT, Medicaid’s administrative services organization, about the…
Navigators and assisters conference highlights challenges and solutions
Today’s AccessHealthCT conference for outreach workers focused on tools for engaging CT’s uninsured. In addition to public officials and foundation…
Paid sick leave not a burden on CT businesses
Two years ago CT became the first state to require businesses with 50 or more employees to cover sick leave…
National health spending remains low, enough to drop slightly as percent of GDP
In very good news, CMS actuaries have found that national spending on health care grew only 3.7% in 2012 –…
CT’s insurance exchange price tag — $156.3 million
An analysis by the CT Health I-Team finds that setting up our state insurance exchange, AccessHealthCT, is costing $156.3 million…
New, improved Facebook page
(How I spent my winter vacation.) Check out the new, improved (actually finally filled-in) CT Health Policy Project Facebook page…