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CT hospitals more profitable in 2007

By Ellen Andrews | December 4, 2008

The financial status of CT’s acute care hospitals continued to improve last year, according to OHCA’s latest report. Average margins…

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Good news for CT doctors, United to offer “insurance” that you can buy insurance in the future

By Ellen Andrews | December 3, 2008

CT physicians are getting some relief in their medical malpractice rates, according to today’s Hartford Courant. Most will see no…

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More from the Consumer Helpline

By Ellen Andrews | November 28, 2008

I received a phone call on Tuesday from a Communications Officer in the Commissioners Office of the Department of Social…

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PCCM advocates forced to walk out of meeting

By Ellen Andrews | November 26, 2008

Yesterday’s PCCM working group meeting at DSS did not go well. DSS had no agenda for the meeting which started…

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From the consumer helpline

By Ellen Andrews | November 24, 2008

I started working with the CT Health Policy Project a few weeks ago and I’ve been familiarizing myself with the…

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Charter Oak “pettiness”

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2008

To root out the sources of “negativity” about the Governor’s troubled Charter Oak program, on Friday DSS Commissioner Starkowski made…

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AG, Health Care and Child Advocates call on Governor to separately re-bid HUSKY and Charter Oak contracts

By Ellen Andrews | November 17, 2008

In a press conference today, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, State Health Care Advocate Kevin Lembo, and State Child Advocate Jeanne…

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Governor delinks HUSKY from Charter Oak, guts PCCM

By Ellen Andrews | November 16, 2008

Friday afternoon Governor Rell announced that she will reverse two long standing policies that jeopardized health care for over 340,000…

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CT health plan comparisons

By Ellen Andrews | November 12, 2008

US News and World Reports has published their annual national comparison of HMOs. CT has two commercial HMOs listed in…

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