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Waterbury uninsured have a place to get care

By Ellen Andrews | December 28, 2010

Yesterday’s CT Mirror highlights Waterbury Project Access, a free health clinic program providing care to uninsured patients in the area.…

Factoid: Even wealthier Americans more likely to face barriers to health care than lower income consumers in most countries

By Ellen Andrews | December 23, 2010

It’s no surprise that low income Americans are almost twice as likely to encounter at least one barrier to accessing…

Reading for the holiday break

By Ellen Andrews | December 22, 2010

The Wall Street Journal Blog has health care book recommendations for the end of the year promising ideas on how…

It’s official – 2010’s biggest lie of the year . . . .

By Ellen Andrews | December 21, 2010

PolitiFact, the Pulitzer-prize winning antidote to deliberate misinformation, has named the assertion that national health reform is a “government takeover”…

New estimates of savings needed for medical care in retirement

By Ellen Andrews | December 20, 2010

Too many people assume that Medicare will cover their medical costs after age 65 and fail to save. While Medicare…

Vote for the most influential health policy articles of 2010

By Ellen Andrews | December 17, 2010

For all the wonky types, RWJ is taking votes online for this year’s most influential research articles. You may have…

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…