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Happy Birthday to us

By Ellen Andrews | August 30, 2024

The CT Health Policy Project turns 25 on September 1st. No party, but there will be cake. Anniversaries evoke memories…

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CT Mirror Opinion: Keep MCOs out of HUSKY health care

By Ellen Andrews | August 21, 2024

“In the past, managed care organizations were a disaster for Connecticut’s Medicaid program“ Former legislator, Medicaid provider, member of Medicaid’s…

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Analysis: Medicare’s drug price negotiation – Why it’s a big deal

By Ellen Andrews | August 20, 2024

For the first time, Medicare has negotiated prices with pharmaceutical companies. Prescription drug costs are a significant driver of rising…

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HUSKY evaluation call is broad; Includes MCOs but is not biased

By Ellen Andrews | August 12, 2024

Updated August 15, 2024 with Questions and Answers to DSS Last month, DSS released their promised request for quotes (RFQ)…

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HUSKY parents’ cut expected to impact 15,300 starting in October

By Ellen Andrews | August 8, 2024

In this year’s budget, Connecticut policymakers cut Medicaid/HUSKY coverage for 15,300 low-income parents and caretakers of children. The timing of…

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Book Club: Random Acts of Medicine

By Ellen Andrews | August 8, 2024

Deliberately randomized experiments in medicine and health policy are usually not possible, or even moral. But with increasingly available data…

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CT Mirror: Lamont exploring Medicaid managed care, but many push back

By Ellen Andrews | July 25, 2024

Today, CT Mirror published an overview of the Governor’s project to review Connecticut Medicaid, looking for potential improvements to improve…

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DSS gets input for Medicaid landscape survey

By Ellen Andrews | July 23, 2024

At last week’s MAPOC meeting, DSS announced they will be hiring a consultant to survey the Medicaid landscape assessing options…

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CT Healthcare Explained is updating

By Ellen Andrews | July 16, 2024

We are taking on the massive project of updating CT Healthcare Explained. We just finished the Workforce chapter, including updated…

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