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Insurance Company Shenanigans – Part 1

By Ellen Andrews | September 5, 2012

In case you’re wondering why you don’t hear insurance companies complaining about Obamacare; it’s because they are big winners and…

Behavioral health access hearing

By Ellen Andrews | September 4, 2012

The CT Office of Health Care Advocate will hold a public hearing on access to mental health and substance abuse…

742,000 CT residents with pre-existing conditions’ access to coverage will be protected under ACA

By Ellen Andrews | August 29, 2012

New estimates from Families USA finds that 742,000 non-elderly CT residents have been diagnosed with serious conditions often linked to…

CT health reform progress up to 15.2%

By Ellen Andrews | August 24, 2012

CT made impressive progress toward health reform in August. We moved from 13.7% of the way to 15.2% this month.…

HHS approves CT application for more insurance exchange funding

By Ellen Andrews | August 23, 2012

Today Health and Human Services, the federal agency tasked with approving and funding state insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care…

Update on patient-centered medical homes in CT

By Ellen Andrews | August 22, 2012

A recent CT Health Foundation blog highlights progress toward building patient-centered medical homes in our state. The post outlines initiatives…

Great student journalism articles

By Ellen Andrews | August 21, 2012

CT Health I-Team’s summer journalism boot camp students produced some great work this year. Articles this summer include CT suicide…

CT health care spending growth roughly tracks our GDP

By Ellen Andrews | August 20, 2012

Is health care spending skyrocketing? Yes and no. It is true that total health spending in CT averaged 7.9% annual…

Last chance: Seeking nominations for CT thought leaders

By Ellen Andrews | August 17, 2012

We are refreshing our invitation list for the CT Health Thoughtleader Survey. The survey has been cited by policymakers as…