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CT Health Policy Project turns ten

By Ellen Andrews | September 30, 2009

The number of CT residents living without health insurance is up 18% in the last ten years. Ten years ago…

Teachers lead with germiest work environments

By Ellen Andrews | September 29, 2009

As cold and flu season approaches, the WSJ blog has identified the occupations most likely to encounter germs. As expected,…

Heroin overdoses hit most CT towns, moving to suburbs and to older victims

By Ellen Andrews | September 28, 2009

A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds that, on average, more than one CT…

Annual comparison of health plans out

By Ellen Andrews | September 25, 2009

The CT Insurance Dept. has released their 2009 Consumer Report Card on Health Insurance Carriers in CT. The report compares…

CT far behind in patient centered medical homes

By Ellen Andrews | September 24, 2009

According to NCQA, the organization that certifies medical homes among other things, CT has no practices that have been certified.…

Danbury and Windham county lead the state in uninsured rates; large variability between CT cities and counties

By Ellen Andrews | September 23, 2009

A new report from the US Census finds that at 14% of residents uninsured, Danbury led CT municipal areas last…

Joanne Iennaco joins CT Health Policy Project Board

By Ellen Andrews | September 22, 2009

CTHPP welcomes Joanne Iennaco to our Board of Directors. Joanne is an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Nursing…

Individual mandate may be unconstitutional

By Ellen Andrews | September 21, 2009

In a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, two former Justice Dept. attorneys argue that the individual mandate included in national health…

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…