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Déjà vu at Medicaid Council meeting

By Ellen Andrews | July 17, 2017

Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting focused on the controversialPCMH+ shared savings program reminding many observers of years of rosy DSS presentations…

Sen. Blumenthal holding fifth hearing on ACA replacement bills

By Ellen Andrews | July 13, 2017

Friday at 2pm Senator Blumenthal will convene an emergency field hearing to collect input from Connecticut residents on current proposals…

ACA repeal, Medicaid, personalized medicine, and bioscience highlight at ERC Annual Meeting in Connecticut next month

By Ellen Andrews | July 12, 2017

Join CSG-ERC for our 2017 Annual Meeting and Policy Forum August 13 to 16 in Uncasville, CT. Health programming includes…

Lowest wage workers least likely to be offered health benefits at work

By Ellen Andrews | July 11, 2017

  Only 22% of Americas earning the lowest ten percent of wages are offered medical benefits by their employer, according…

Pervasive uncertainty affects CT Health Reform Dashboard

By Ellen Andrews | June 30, 2017

July’s CT Health Reform Dashboard reflects growing uncertainty at the state and federal levels. If passed, Congressional proposals to replace…

Sen. Blumenthal holds third hearing on Senate ACA repeal bill

By Ellen Andrews | June 29, 2017

In response to public concerns, Sen. Richard Blumenthal will hold a third emergency field hearing on the Senate’s Better Care…

Advocates document concerns with PCMH+ implementation

By Ellen Andrews | June 27, 2017

The Medicaid Study Group, a coalition of independent consumer advocates, have published an update on CT Medicaid’s new payment reform…

CBO estimates that 22 million more Americans will become uninsured by 2026 under the Senate’s ACA replacement proposal

By Ellen Andrews | June 26, 2017

  Thursday morning Senate leaders published their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act and modified it earlier today. The…

New to the Book Club — Economic Ideas You Should Forget

By Ellen Andrews | June 26, 2017

The title alone pulls you in – Economic Ideas You Should Forget. Ideas and theories that everyone believes but aren’t…