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Book Club — The Data Detective

By Ellen Andrews | December 21, 2022

The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics follows on the Book Club’s obsession with statistics and…

CTNJ Analysis: Good News on Healthcare Costs, But It Won’t Last

By Ellen Andrews | December 16, 2022

Tuesday’s eagerly anticipated inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics had good news for our battered economy – inflation…

CTNJ op-ed: Health insurance affordability review is good, but it’s no silver bullet

By Ellen Andrews | December 6, 2022

A movement to include affordability in the Insurance Department’s review of health insurance premiums is gaining champions. That’s a good…

No evidence to justify increases for 7 of top 10 most costly drugs

By Ellen Andrews | December 6, 2022

The latest Unsupported Price Increase report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review finds that, last year, seven of…

CT healthcare quality just average, and not improving

By Ellen Andrews | November 30, 2022

The latest federal National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is not flattering…

CT gets a C+ for maternal and child health

By Ellen Andrews | November 29, 2022

The new 2022 March of Dimes Report Card gives Connecticut just average marks on how well we care for new…

CT’s best healthcare secret — CID’s Consumer Report Card

By Ellen Andrews | November 28, 2022

It may not attract the same enthusiasm as other holidays this time of year, but if you’re shopping for health…

CT hospitals’ charity care varied widely last year, a bit more than US

By Ellen Andrews | November 10, 2022

Last year, uncompensated care at Connecticut’s 27 acute care hospitals averaged 1.8% of total expenses, according to the state’s latest…

New affordable coverage toolkit to help people enroll

By Ellen Andrews | November 7, 2022

There were 184,000 uninsured Connecticut residents last year. To help people find affordable, even no-cost, coverage, the CT Health Foundation…