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SustiNet celebration

By Ellen Andrews | September 18, 2009

oin the Universal Health Care Foundation of CT and all the partners who made passage of SustiNet possible for a…

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Individual mandate’s drawbacks getting national attention, finally

By Ellen Andrews | September 17, 2009

All the current health reform bills being considered in Washington include an individual mandate, requiring every resident to have health…

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SustiNet update

By Ellen Andrews | September 17, 2009

The second SustiNet Board meeting today was uneventful. Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute gave a presentation on the original…

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DSS gets an earful at PCCM subcommittee meeting

By Ellen Andrews | September 17, 2009

Today’s PCCM subcommittee meeting of the Medicaid Managed Care Council was very heated. Again the room was packed, including four…

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Challenges and promise of PCCM highlighted in today’s Waterbury Republican-American

By Ellen Andrews | September 14, 2009

An article on the front page of today’s Waterbury Republican-American describes both the potential for PCCM and the challenges in…

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The Day Editorial – He snores, so why can’t we buy health insurance?

By Ellen Andrews | September 14, 2009

Susan Epstein has so many good points, it is hard to know where to start. “Don’t think it can’t happen…

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From the Consumer Helpline

By Ellen Andrews | September 14, 2009

A consumer called our helpline because he has Medicaid and can’t find a primary care provider in New Haven who…

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Medicaid Managed Care Council update

By Ellen Andrews | September 11, 2009

Today’s Medicaid Managed Care Council meeting touched on some new issues and revisited some old ones. There was a strong…

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Uninsured up 17,000 in CT last year

By Ellen Andrews | September 10, 2009

The new Census figures on health insurance released today show that CT’s uninsured rate was up to 10% last year.…

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