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A constituent who made a difference

By Ellen Andrews | December 16, 2010

Eva Bunnell was a mother whose husband was about to lose his job because he was spending time with their…

Cost cutting commission final proposals

By Ellen Andrews | December 16, 2010

The state Commission on Enhancing Agency Outcomes issued its final recommendations to save money in the state budget including over…

Almost half of CT physicians are using electronic medical records

By Ellen Andrews | December 14, 2010

A new survey from the CDC finds that 48% of office-based physicians in CT are using some form of an…

Medicaid Council update

By Ellen Andrews | December 12, 2010

Financial numbers released at Friday’s Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council meeting highlighted the need for more sophisticated accountability or, even…

New journalism focusing on CT health

By Ellen Andrews | December 9, 2010

The CT Health I Team, led by veteran CT journalists Lisa Chedekel and Lynn DeLucia, will publish original investigative reports…

CT fourth healthiest state

By Ellen Andrews | December 8, 2010

America’s Health Ranking has placed CT as the fourth healthiest state in the nation, behind only VT, MA and NH.…

Rally for SustiNet December 14th

By Ellen Andrews | December 8, 2010

The Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care is holding a rally for SustiNet December 14th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm…

OLR reports on major issues for 2011

By Ellen Andrews | December 7, 2010

The Office of Legislative Research’s annual list of issues likely to be addressed in the coming session includes: · Considering…

CT insurance premiums up more than 30% from 2003 to 2009

By Ellen Andrews | December 6, 2010

An analysis by the Commonwealth Fund finds that single health insurance premiums in CT grew 34% and family coverage by…