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HUSKY HMOs made $19 million profits last year; families paid $323.16 to HMO profits

By Ellen Andrews | October 9, 2010

At the very end of yesterday’s Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council meeting, DSS reported that the HUSKY HMOs made $18.8…

More state health policy in New Orleans

By Ellen Andrews | October 7, 2010

Yesterday, I finished up at the NASHP conference hearing the latest from VT’s Blueprint for Health and a panel on…

More health policy from New Orleans

By Ellen Andrews | October 6, 2010

A long day at the NASHP conference today. We heard about challenges facing states; the common theme was planning deep…

New Orleans health care – five years after Katrina

By Ellen Andrews | October 5, 2010

Yesterday, the NASHP conference in New Orleans started with a plenary session on the state of health care in the…

CT uninsured rates vary significantly by geography, income, race/ethnicity and citizenship

By Ellen Andrews | October 4, 2010

New numbers from the Census find that last year minorities in CT were more likely to be uninsured, but not…

CT gets federal grant for health care workforce planning

By Ellen Andrews | October 1, 2010

The CT Employment & Training Commission and the CT Office for Workforce Competitiveness were successful in their application to HHS…

National health reform standards may not cover college health plans

By Ellen Andrews | September 30, 2010

The Wall Street Journal raises the question of whether the notoriously inadequate health plans offered to college students will be…

Survey predicts employee share of health insurance to rise 12.4% next year

By Ellen Andrews | September 29, 2010

Hewitt’s annual survey of large US employers estimates health costs to be $9,821 per worker in 2011, up from $9,028…

Webinar cancelled

By Ellen Andrews | September 27, 2010

Unfortunately, the Malloy campaign has cancelled tomorrow’s webinar. We apologize for any inconvenience.