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Medicaid Council update – PCMH + and national Medicaid proposals
Friday’s MAPOC meeting started with an update about the shared savings experiment that covers 137,037 members and started January 1st.…
CT seventh in nation in Medicaid payments for opioid addiction treatment
While the opioid epidemic impacts all income levels, Medicaid is the largest source of behavioral health care and opioid addiction…
Latest ACA replacement expected to cost CT up to $1 billion/year and increase premiums for residents
An analysis by CT’s Office of Policy and Management estimates that the House Republicans’ American Health Care Act (AHCA) would…
Health reform dashboard reflects uncertainty, good and bad trends
March’s CT Health Reform Dashboard update reflects good, bad and uncertain policy movement in CT and DC. Most troubling is…
CT stuck at C+ grade for health reform, Mistrust is high and pervasive
Connecticut health care thought leaders again gave our state a C+ grade for health reform last month, but our GPA…
New report finds adults in Medicaid expansion states like CT have better access to care, fewer financial barriers
A new report from the CDC provides the first analysis of the population-based impact of the Affordable Care Act. The…
Sen. Blumenthal meets with CT health leaders to discuss effective drug cost control
Thursday Senator Blumenthal met with over a CT dozen health leaders at Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford to learn…
Just under half of CT’s private sector workers have employer health insurance; CT 8th highest among states in high-deductible plans
Between 2014 and 2015, 48.7% of private sector workers in CT were enrolled in coverage at work, according to a…
Advocates ask DSS yet again for a robust evaluation of risky experiment before expanding
Twenty-three independent advocates sent a letter today again urging the state to conduct common sense evaluation of the first wave of a…