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OHS committee chooses unrealistic cap for CT healthcare costs

By Ellen Andrews | June 22, 2020

The Office of Health Strategy’s (OHS) Technical Team choosing the cap for future Connecticut healthcare costs has decided on a…

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Surprisingly, Medicaid applications are down sharply with the pandemic

By Ellen Andrews | June 20, 2020

At Friday’s MAPOC meeting, DSS reported that HUSKY applications were down 40% in May from a year before. This was…

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CTNJ: COVID Response Offers Opportunities for Connecticut’s Future Healthcare System

By Ellen Andrews | June 15, 2020

The pandemic has been tragic in both lives lost and economic damage, especially to low wage workers. Our already flawed…

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COVID hitting CT minorities hard, but in different ways

By Ellen Andrews | June 11, 2020

Evidence of disparities in the proportion of COVID-19 cases and deaths is growing in the US and in Connecticut. A…

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Fact Check: Do lower Medicaid provider payment rates cause higher commercial payment rates?

By Ellen Andrews | June 11, 2020

Download this Fact Check There’s a pervasive myth that lower Medicaid provider payment rates force providers to charge private insurers…

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Help for CT’s uninsured

By Ellen Andrews | June 10, 2020

With the recent spike in unemployment, many more Connecticut residents will be joining the thousands that were uninsured pre-COVID looking…

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Cost Cap project could reduce access to care, stifle efficiency and innovation, and increase disparities

By Ellen Andrews | May 28, 2020

Download the Summary or Full Report Healthcare costs a lot in Connecticut, especially for middle and lower income residents. Primary…

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Advocates, providers send Governor, legislators letter about cost cap impact and unintended consequences

By Ellen Andrews | May 28, 2020

Yesterday, twenty advocates and providers sent letters to the Governor and legislative leaders objecting to the rush to develop a…

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CT Medical Society signs on with state HIE that plans to sell medical records

By Ellen Andrews | May 24, 2020

The state’s controversial HIE signed up its first participating provider network. Thursday the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) announced that…

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