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PCCM waiver hearing March 31st
Next Tuesday the Human Services and Appropriations Committees will hold a public hearing on DSS’ proposed waiver application to continue…
Inside the LOB — Everyone wants what they want
This legislative session I have been to several Public Health Committee hearings and the Appropriations Committee hearing at which I…
Doing nothing is not an option
Go to Saturday’s OP-ED in CT News Junkie to see why the President is right and we can’t settle for…
Match Day 2009 not good news for primary care
Yesterday was Match Day – the day graduating medical students are matched with residency slots. According to the WSJ blog,…
Courant article highlights medical causes of bankruptcy and foreclosure, if you read into the article
The headline of an article in Sunday’s Courant reads “In CT and elsewhere, more debtors choose personal bankruptcy,” but they…
Great advocacy tool
CT’s League of Women Voters’ 2009-2010 elected officials guide is on-line. It includes how to find your legislators – state…
Medicaid Managed Care Council meeting; Dumb idea redux
DSS may take advantage of a legislative error and try to implemented premium assistance for HUSKY, according to the department…
New on cthealthpolicy.org
Updated policy paper: The Federal Stimulus Package and Passage of the SCHIP Reauthorization Bill: How Much Health Care Help Can…
Lousy student health insurance coverage
While I was a student at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, we were required to have health…