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May CT Health Reform Dashboard – Medicaid U turn, federal relief premature
CT’s May Health Reform Dashboard is unsettled again. Mistrust remains at the core of problems in CT. Medicaid policy development…
CT health prices higher than US average and growing faster
Health care prices in Connecticut are higher and rising more quickly than the US average, according to the Healthy Marketplace…
Regional state policymakers urge Congress to preserve successful state-federal Medicaid partnership
Yesterday, the Council of State Governments’ Eastern Regional Conference (CSG/ERC) sent a letter calling on Congressional leaders to protect and…
Courant Op-Ed: Plan to ‘Fix’ State Medicaid Program Flawed
From Saturday’s Hartford Courant, “These are lean times and we need our government to be smart about where it puts…
FDA committee tackles how to assess drugs that target serious infections but affect small populations
Last week’s meeting of the FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee was unusual. We didn’t address the merits of a single…
CTNJ: CT health policy has trust issues
An OP-ED today in CT News Junkie describes the sorry level of mistrust in CT health policymaking. “Mistrust is pervasive…
Study raises concerns about ACO “savings” and gaming the system
A new study published in Health Affairs raises doubts about the effectiveness of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to both…
Mistrust in Connecticut health policymaking – Thoughtleaders, public weigh in on the problem and propose solutions
Connecticut health policymaking has trust issues. This year Connecticut health thoughtleaders rated trust among stakeholders at only 26 out of…
April CT Health Reform Dashboard – temporary relief at federal level but troubling payment model returns (again and again and again)
CT’s April Health Reform Dashboard is somewhat more settled than last month – but that’s not a good thing. Efforts…