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New Health Wonk Review
If you don’t have time to visit all the health care blogs every day, check out the Health Wonk Review.…
Read MoreHealth First Authority meeting update
At today’s meeting of the Health First Authority, their fifth, members expressed frustration with the group’s slow progress. The group…
Read MoreAG refuses DSS lawsuit against advocates, supports free speech rights
In a very strongly worded letter, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal rejected DSS Commissioner Mike Starkowski’s request to hire outside attorneys…
Read MoreDSS comes to Appropriations
Last week the Appropriations Committee met with state agencies on the Governor’s budget adjustments. Friday was DSS Commissioner Mike Starkowski’s…
Read MoreGeographic Variation in Health Care Spending
In a recent report, the Congressional Budget Office found that Medicare spending varies significantly by geographic region, even after controlling…
Read MoreGovernor’s proposal to cut interpreters faces opposition
An article on ctnewsjunkie.com reports on Friday’s press conference by legislators opposing Governor Rell’s proposal to cut $4.7 million for…
Read MoreTwo studies question cost effectiveness of prevention and treatment
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine challenges the dogma that prevention always pays. This is especially…
Read MoreFree prescription drug samples less likely to go to poor or uninsured patients
$16.4 billion in free drug samples were distributed to US patients in 2004, up from $4.9 billion in 1996. Samples…
Read MorePolicymaker Issue Brief No. 43 – 2008 Upcoming Health Issues for Connecticut
CT will face some important health policy issues this year including HUSKY, Medicaid, Charter Oak and Covering the Uninsured. For…
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