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Feds urge CT Insurance Dept. to reverse Anthem 47% rate hike approval
HHS has sent a letter to CT Insurance Department (CID) Commissioner Sullivan asking him to reconsider the department’s approval of…
Celebrate 30 years with the Hispanic Health Council
Join the Hispanic Health Council in celebrating their 30th anniversary. The party is next Thursday, October 21st from 5 to…
Office of Health Care Advocate saved CT consumers over a million dollars this quarter
CT’s Office of Health Care Advocate (OHA) returned $1.36 million in savings to health care consumers in our state between…
SustiNet Board considers governance and structure recommendations
At today’s meeting the SustiNet Board considered three different structural options for the new SustiNet Plan. Options varied in whether…
Contrasting gubernatorial candidates on health care
Health policy has emerged as the latest disagreement among CT’s candidates for Governor. Dan Malloy’s and Tom Foley’s positions on…
HUSKY HMOs made $19 million profits last year; families paid $323.16 to HMO profits
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
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
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
Yesterday, the NASHP conference in New Orleans started with a plenary session on the state of health care in the…