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Charter Oak update
HB-5617 – the “Charter Oak fix bill – passed the Human Services Committee yesterday with substitute language along party lines.…
Women’s basketball injuries similar to men’s
An article in this month’s issue of Connecticut Medicine finds that despite differences from the men’s game, women basketball players…
Office of Health Care Advocate saved over $4 million for CT consumers in 2007
For every dollar spent on the Office of Health Care Advocate (OHA), $4.42 was returned to CT consumers in health…
Courant column highlights UConn nursing program troubles
Too many graduates of UConn’s School of Nursing are not passing the national nursing exam according to Kevin Rennie’s column…
Human Services Committee passes bill delaying HUSKY HMO contracting and delinking from Charter Oak
Today the Human Services Committee passed a stripped down version of HB-5618, An Act Concerning Revisions to the HUSKY Plan.…
Stocks up, but health insurers down
While the stock market yesterday enjoyed its biggest gain in five years, based on relief from the Federal Reserve, health…
Health care disparities more about where care is delivered
The latest issue of Health Affairs focusing on Disparities: Expanding the Focus includes almost two dozen articles on the subject.…
Donaghue Foundation Annual Conference
Beyond Eureka!, the Donaghue Foundation’s annual meeting/conference on translating health care research into practice, will be Wednesday April 23rd at…
Oregon holds lottery – not for millions, but for health care coverage
From the Case Center for Reducing Health Disparities blog, for the first time in four years, there are openings in…