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White House reform chief coming to CT

By Ellen Andrews | May 13, 2009

Senator Dodd and Congresswoman DeLauro will host a visit from Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health…

CT Overweight and Obesity forum

By Ellen Andrews | May 12, 2009

Join us at the Overweight and Obesity in CT forum this Thursday May 14th 8:30 to 11:30am at Wilde Auditorium,…

SutiNet bill modified

By Ellen Andrews | May 11, 2009

For budget and political reasons the SustiNet bill was changed last week. The new version creates a 14 member volunteer…

Medicaid Managed Care Council/Charter Oak update

By Ellen Andrews | May 8, 2009

The news from today’s Council meeting is that while Charter Oak’s enrollment continues to increase – 8,210 as of May…

Notes from community outreach

By Ellen Andrews | May 7, 2009

Yesterday I did an outreach event for about 25 participants in the STRIVE- New Haven program to let them know…

New book for the book club

By Ellen Andrews | May 6, 2009

According to the Environment Protection Agency, a human life is worth $6.1 million. That estimate came out of cost-benefit analyses…

Legislative briefing on health care reform

By Ellen Andrews | May 5, 2009

A special briefing on health care, “Health Care Reform: Opportunities for New Directions”, was held yesterday at the Legislative Office…

May CT Health Policy Web Quiz

By Ellen Andrews | May 4, 2009

Test your knowledge of CT hospital finances, take the May CT Health Policy Web Quiz. This month’s quiz was written…

Health care reform briefing for legislators

By Ellen Andrews | May 1, 2009

Monday there will be a special briefing for legislators, open to the public, on Health Care in 2009: Challenge and…