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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…

CSG-ERC brief on VT’s drug price transparency law

By Ellen Andrews | September 1, 2016

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

By Ellen Andrews | August 31, 2016

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

By Ellen Andrews | August 29, 2016

It’s a shame that this book is written in the style of a textbook rather than for the general public,…