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Health First Authority Update
After eight months, the Health First Authority is getting to consider some options to cover CT’s uninsured. Five options to…
May Web Quiz
Test your knowledge of the quality of CT’s health care. Take the May CT Health Policy Project Web Quiz.
A Haven in the City
An article in the Yale Journal of Public Health describes HAVEN, a Saturday morning free primary care clinic providing care…
CT family premiums grew by 21% from 2001 to 2005; median income grew by 2.4%
A new report explains why CT families are feeling like they are moving backward. “Squeezed: How Costs for Insuring Families…
Highlights from CT Health Notes
Thursday’s issue of CT Health Notes, our biweekly list serv, includesAging baby boomers intensify looming health care workforce shortage —…
Donaghue Foundation Annual Meeting & Conference
Wednesday, I went to the Donaghue Foundation Annual Meeting and Conference. The Donaghue Foundation was established to “promote medical knowledge…
New report details questions and answers on implementing medical interpretation for CT Medicaid consumers
A new report, Medicaid Payments for Medical Interpreters: Implementation Questions and Recommended Action, commissioned by the CT Health Foundation lays…
Life expectancy drops for women in 183 US counties
From 1983 to 1999 life expectancy in many US counties decreased, especially for women (183 counties) while life expectancy for…
Retail medical clinic issue brief
Connecticut now has at least fifteen retail medical clinics, mainly Minute Clinics in CVS stores, but more are coming. Go…