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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…
CMS approves forcing HUSKY families into HMOs
In a reversal of their position in a Dec. 5th letter, CMS is now allowing DSS to force 138,000 HUSKY…
HUSKY (waiting for news) and PCCM (more bad news) update
DSS has now changed the date of PCCM’s start from next Thursday to February 1st even in the two small…
HealthFirst Authority draft report
The Authority’s much anticipated draft report was unveiled earlier this month. Thankfully, it does not include a recommendation for an…
Health First Authority update
The Authority is winding down, but there is still no draft of the plan. At Monday’s meeting, members got a…
Helpful DSS staff
It’s important to recognize people when they are helpful and good at their jobs, especially at DSS. Over the last…
CT hospitals more profitable in 2007
The financial status of CT’s acute care hospitals continued to improve last year, according to OHCA’s latest report. Average margins…