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Sen and Mrs. Dodd to host food allergy forum

By Ellen Andrews | May 7, 2010

Sen. Christopher and Mrs. Jackie Clegg Dodd will host a forum on managing food allergies at home, in school, away…

Budget agreement reached

By Ellen Andrews | May 5, 2010

The Governor and General Assembly have reportedly reached an agreement on changes to next year’s budget, beginning July 1st, to…

CT woman files one of first actions under federal genetic anti-discrimination law

By Ellen Andrews | May 5, 2010

Pamela Fink, a Fairfield resident, filed complaints last week with the US Equal Opportunity Commission and the CT Commission on…

Rell administration will not challenge national health reform law

By Ellen Andrews | May 4, 2010

At yesterday’s Health Reform Cabinet meeting, the Rell administration announced that they will not join twelve other states in a…

Governor interested in creating a CT high risk pool

By Ellen Andrews | May 1, 2010

Among other things, national health reform gives states an opportunity to create an insurance pool for people with pre-existing conditions.…

$50 million health coverage opportunity for CT from national health reform

By Ellen Andrews | April 28, 2010

CT can access $50 million in federal funds to cover state residents with pre-existing conditions until 2014 when insurers will…

SustiNet medical home committee making progress

By Ellen Andrews | April 26, 2010

At last week’s SustiNet Patient-Centered Medical Home committee meeting we heard about medical home initiatives in the two programs that…

Predictably Irrational author comes to CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 25, 2010

Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape our Decisions, spoke at Wednesday’s Donaghue Foundation annual meeting…

The Treatment Trap author visits CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 21, 2010

I had already ordered her book online after reading a review in Health Affairs when I got an invitation to…