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New Kaiser Blog Watch

By Ellen Andrews | May 28, 2008

Every Tuesday and Friday, the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report will feature “Blog Watch”. Recognizing that blogs have become an…

Pooling bill update

By Ellen Andrews | May 27, 2008

First, the good news. The Attorney General has issued an opinion on HB-5536, House Majority Leader Donovan’s bill to allow…

Summer reading

By Ellen Andrews | May 23, 2008

To get ready for this weekend and the unofficial start of summer with its long days of reading, we have…

Pooling Bill rhetoric heats up

By Ellen Andrews | May 22, 2008

Rep. Chris Donovan’s proposal to allow municipalities and small businesses to buy into the state employee plan passed the House…

Archive of web quizzes

By Ellen Andrews | May 20, 2008

Many people have asked if our web quizzes from previous months are available on the website. They are now, click…

CT free clinics meeting

By Ellen Andrews | May 19, 2008

About two weeks ago, a group of clinics that offer free care to anyone who needs it met to discuss…

HUSKY/PCCM/Charter Oak update

By Ellen Andrews | May 18, 2008

At Friday’s Medicaid Managed Care Council meeting, DSS described plans to transition 337,181 HUSKY members from the current non-capitated, fee-for-service…

HUSKY dental lawsuit is settled

By Ellen Andrews | May 16, 2008

Finally, some good news about HUSKY. After eight years, the state and legal aid attorneys have reached a settlement to…

Health First/Primary Care Authority updates

By Ellen Andrews | May 14, 2008

Today’s joint meeting of the two Authorities was interesting. Mitch Katz, MD, MPH, San Francisco’s health director presented on their…