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Recognize the people that keep CT healthy — Nominate a Health Care Hero

By Ellen Andrews | September 21, 2016

The Hartford Business Journal is again seeking nominations for outstanding health care leaders who epitomize a “hero” when it comes…

CTNJ highlights concerns with Cabinet reform proposal

By Ellen Andrews | September 20, 2016

“It’s not everyday that healthcare advocates and the Department of Social Services agree, but that’s what’s happening in a debate…

Medicaid update – HUSKY parents’ fate, access monitoring plan, eligibility systems update and first look at Medicaid impact of controversial Health Care Cabinet proposal

By Ellen Andrews | September 19, 2016

This month’s Medicaid Council meeting began with ongoing concerns about what happened to HUSKY parents cut off the program at…

Census finds 211,000 CT residents without coverage last year, down 35,000 from 2014

By Ellen Andrews | September 15, 2016

New Census health coverage numbers finds that CT’s uninsured rate went down to 6% last year, a significant drop from…

Comments and alternatives to the Health Care Cabinet’s draft proposal for reform

By Ellen Andrews | September 12, 2016

As directed in a law passed last year, the Health Care Cabinet is considering a draft Strawman proposal drafted by…

Letter urges public input into Cabinet reform plan

By Ellen Andrews | September 10, 2016

Serous concerns have been raised by diverse stakeholders about the Health Care Cabinet’s Strawman proposal for health reform. Among the…

September webquiz — C section rates in CT

By Ellen Andrews | September 9, 2016

Test your knowledge of C-Section rates in CT. Take the September CT Health Policy Webquiz.

GAO reports find individual insurance markets concentrated in most states in 2014, but largest in CT losing market share

By Ellen Andrews | September 7, 2016

Recent news about insurers leaving AccessHealthCT, CT’s health insurance exchange, have raised concerns about lowering competition and rising prices for…

CT Health Reform Dashboard – Cabinet reform proposal concerns, Medicaid evaluation affirmed

By Ellen Andrews | September 6, 2016

September’s CT Health Reform Dashboard update reflects the controversy surrounding the Health Care Cabinet’s ambitious and controversial proposal for state…