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CTHPP brief: One in ten CT residents still uninsured last year

By Ellen Andrews | September 27, 2011

Results of two new Census surveys found that the 2011 uninsured brief. The number of uninsured in CT is higher…

Editorials support consumer representation on CT health insurance exchange

By Ellen Andrews | September 26, 2011

Today’s Hartford Courant and yesterday’s New Haven Register have both run editorials calling on policymakers to add consumer and small…

Health care jobs bubble?

By Ellen Andrews | September 26, 2011

An entertaining video from Marketplace explains the folly of policymakers who expect health care to solve their economic troubles. Oh…

eHealth conference

By Ellen Andrews | September 20, 2011

October 20th at Capitol Community College in Hartford there will be a conference explaining health information technology implementation and options.…

CT Health Policy Project comments on DSS proposal for Medicaid person-centered medical homes

By Ellen Andrews | September 16, 2011

To implement the administration’s directive to develop person/patient-centered medical homes for every Medicaid consumer, DSS has proposed a payment model…

New Census numbers on uninsured – no progress

By Ellen Andrews | September 16, 2011

The number of uninsured CT residents remained essentially unchanged from 2009 to 2010, according to new Census numbers; however that…

Study finds new brain stent actually associated with More strokes, approval process faulted – CEPAC webinar

By Ellen Andrews | September 9, 2011

A study of the effectiveness of a brain stent, designed to reduce strokes, instead caused so many more strokes in…

Uninsured Cincinnati man dies of untreated tooth decay

By Ellen Andrews | September 7, 2011

Kyle Willis, an unemployed, uninsured 24-year old father, died Tuesday of an infection in his wisdom tooth. He couldn’t afford…

September CT health policy quiz – CT health care quality

By Ellen Andrews | September 6, 2011

Test your knowledge of health care quality in CT. Take the September CT Health Policy Webquiz.