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Thirty medically complex children stuck in CT hospitals waiting for home health care cost state over $100 million

By Ellen Andrews | October 21, 2019

Last week, MAPOC’s Complex Care Committee heard from the three remaining home health agencies that provide care for Connecticut’s most…

CT healthcare price variation varies

By Ellen Andrews | October 15, 2019

Prices vary by city and for selected healthcare treatments, in some cases substantially, according to Healthscore CT, using the new…

If the ACA is overturned, one in four Connecticut adults could lose coverage due to a pre-existing condition

By Ellen Andrews | October 15, 2019

A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 529,000 non-elderly adults (24%) in Connecticut have pre-existing health conditions…

CTNJ: CT’s uninsured rate is down and stable, so who’s still uninsured?

By Ellen Andrews | October 9, 2019

According to the latest numbers from the US Census, 187,000 Connecticut residents or one in twenty of us, were uninsured…

Connecticut deductibles are high and rising, but premiums are rising more slowly

By Ellen Andrews | October 2, 2019

Download the report New numbers from the 2018 US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey finds that deductibles for private-sector health insurance…

Connecticut’s uninsured rate stabilizes, retaining ACA gains

By Ellen Andrews | September 30, 2019

Download the report New numbers from the US Census Bureau report that 187,000 or 5.3% of Connecticut residents were uninsured…

CT Medicaid child checkup rates jumped when HMOs were fired

By Ellen Andrews | September 27, 2019

Well-child screenings increased twelve percent for HUSKY children between FY 2001 and FY 2012, according to a new report from…

Housing community explores successful CT collaborations to promote health

By Ellen Andrews | September 23, 2019

Over 300 Connecticut affordable housing stakeholders joined Governor Lamont and other speakers at the Affordable Housing Alliance’s 30th annual conference…

CTNJ: CT Medicaid is making the same mistake, again

By Ellen Andrews | September 10, 2019

Despite warnings, the state is about to make a big mistake, again. DSS is planning to renew PCMH Plus, their…