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Courant column highlights UConn nursing program troubles

By Ellen Andrews | March 16, 2008

Too many graduates of UConn’s School of Nursing are not passing the national nursing exam according to Kevin Rennie’s column…

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Human Services Committee passes bill delaying HUSKY HMO contracting and delinking from Charter Oak

By Ellen Andrews | March 13, 2008

Today the Human Services Committee passed a stripped down version of HB-5618, An Act Concerning Revisions to the HUSKY Plan.…

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Stocks up, but health insurers down

By Ellen Andrews | March 12, 2008

While the stock market yesterday enjoyed its biggest gain in five years, based on relief from the Federal Reserve, health…

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Health care disparities more about where care is delivered

By Ellen Andrews | March 11, 2008

The latest issue of Health Affairs focusing on Disparities: Expanding the Focus includes almost two dozen articles on the subject.…

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Donaghue Foundation Annual Conference

By Ellen Andrews | March 10, 2008

Beyond Eureka!, the Donaghue Foundation’s annual meeting/conference on translating health care research into practice, will be Wednesday April 23rd at…

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Oregon holds lottery – not for millions, but for health care coverage

By Ellen Andrews | March 8, 2008

From the Case Center for Reducing Health Disparities blog, for the first time in four years, there are openings in…

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Healthcare Partnership public hearing

By Ellen Andrews | March 7, 2008

HB-5536, An Act Establishing the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership is being heard in the Labor Committee as I am writing. The…

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CT Health Notes highlights

By Ellen Andrews | March 6, 2008

Some highlights from the latest issue of CT Health Notes — the CT Health Policy Project’s e-newsletter: Access to kidney…

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Health First Authority update and callers to the helpline

By Ellen Andrews | March 5, 2008

Yesterday, I was in a meeting of the Cost, Cost Containment, and Finance sub-group of the HealthFirst Connecticut Authority. The…

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