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CSG-ERC brief on VT’s drug price transparency law
In recent years drug costs have grown far faster than other health care services, last year growing 8.1% compared to…
Different polls, different questions – but people are worried about health care
A new poll, Inform CT Consumer Confidence Survey, finds that almost two thirds of CT residents are worried about health…
New to the Book Club: Creating Scientific Controversies
It’s a shame that this book is written in the style of a textbook rather than for the general public,…
Reform is hard and Econ 101 doesn’t work
An article published today in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights the challenges in health reform and why the…
CSG-ERC annual meeting in Quebec: States seek relief from rising prescription drug costs
The rising cost of health care is hitting hard across North America, both in houses of government and at home,…
Lots of hospital quality news, CT not excelling
In the last few days several sources have released hospital quality rankings and measures. The bottom line — CT’s…
Updated CT Health System Primer online
Our Basics of CT’s Health System has been updated for 2016. It addresses private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, the uninsured, health…
CT Health Reform Dashboard – SIM ethics problems growing, hospital mergers threaten
August’s CT Health Reform Dashboardupdate is again very active – and not in a good way. Thousands of working HUSKY…
August CT Health Policy Webquiz: Top salaries at CT hospitals and health systems
Test your knowledge of top salaries at CT’s hospitals and health systems. Take the August CT Health Policy Web Quiz.