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Where are the consumers on the consumer committee?

By Ellen Andrews | November 13, 2012

Kevin Galvin of Small Business for Healthy CT reflects on the recent CT Health Insurance Exchange’s Consumer Committee meeting. A…

November webquiz – substance use rates in CT

By Ellen Andrews | November 7, 2012

Test your knowledge of substance abuse in CT. Take the November CT Health Policy Webquiz.

Why CT’s health insurance exchange needs to negotiate

By Ellen Andrews | November 6, 2012

CT’s health insurance exchange is not planning to negotiate with insurers to improve value and control costs for consumers. As…

Consumer questions to CT insurance exchange

By Ellen Andrews | November 2, 2012

Some initial questions from consumers for the exchange were collected for last Friday’s Consumer Conversations. Among the 43 early questions…

CT health reform progress up to 16.7%

By Ellen Andrews | November 1, 2012

CT inched up only 0.3% in progress toward health reform last month. We have completed 16.7% of the tasks needed…

Consumers raise concerns with CT insurance exchange

By Ellen Andrews | October 30, 2012

Consumers and small businesses had a rare opportunity to share their concerns with CT’s health insurance exchange Friday. A standing…

CT health reform update

By Ellen Andrews | October 30, 2012

The CT Health Policy Project has posted a summary of updates and context on CT’s progress toward health reform.

PCMH workforce conference offers lessons for CT

By Ellen Andrews | October 24, 2012

Yesterday’s conference on patient-centered medical homes and workforce brought speakers from other RI, MA and Pittsburg together with CT programs…

Additions to candidate briefing book

By Ellen Andrews | October 22, 2012

New briefs have been added to our CT Health Policy Project briefing book for Connecticut candidates. New briefs include wellness…