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Medicaid Managed Care Council update
At today’s meeting, ACS reported that there are 337,533 CT residents covered by HUSKY Part A as of April 1st,…
What is public health?
The US is the most powerful country in the world, right? So why aren’t we the healthiest? Last week was…
2009 CT Health Disparities report
The Department of Public Health in cooperation with the CT Health Foundation recently released their 2009 Connecticut Health Disparities Report.…
Forum for consumers and advocates: eHealth Privacy and Security
The CT Health Policy Project and AARP-CT are hosting a forum on electronic medical records and how to ensure patient’s…
Forum on overweight and obesity
May 5th the Universal Health Care Foundation of CT and the CT Public Health Policy Institute will hold a forum…
Hear a brain scientist describe her stroke
Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard-trained brain scientist, wrote a book describing her experience of surviving a stroke. For a very…
Half of foreclosures due to sickness and medical bills
In a legislative meeting Friday I heard an amazing statistic from a realtor – that half of foreclosures are due…
Approps budget health impact analysis
Our summary of health coverage related items in the Appropriations budget is posted. The legislature restored the large majority of…
Lousy student health insurance – An update
Aetna Student Health finally returned my call about the $500 in medical bills they haven’t paid. Now I’m getting a…