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Dodd hears from public, policymakers on national health reform
Friday 675 people attended a hearing held by Senator Chris Dodd in East Hartford to learn what CT residents need…
China to spend $124 billion to boost health care system
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that China, facing economic problems like the US, will invest $124 billion over the next…
Universal Health Care Foundation unveils comprehensive health reform plan
The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut released its plan for health care reform on January 13, 2009 at a…
HUSKY/PCCM update
Yesterday’s meeting of the Medicaid Managed Care Council was lively, but ended before addressing some important issues. The Commissioner acknowledged…
New administration plans to ease bankruptcy for medical debtors
According to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog, President- Elect Obama’s economic agenda includes an interesting bullet point — “Reform…
Technical difficulties
The CT Health Policy Project has been experiencing technical difficulties with our website and with emails. The problems have been…
US health spending growth continues to slow
A new report by CMS finds that US health care spending grew only 6.1% in 2007, the slowest rate since…
Why an individual mandate won’t work in CT
A new paper by the CT Health Policy Project outlines why an individual mandate, a law requiring every state resident…
Happy New Year and You Won’t Believe This
Last week, the FDA approved the drug Latisse for “hypotrichosis of the eyelashes” according to the Wall Street Journal Health…