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Medicaid update – plans to “transition” 17,688 HUSKY parents off the program, serious SIM/CCIP problems jeopardize Medicaid redesign
Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting focused on implementation of last year’sbudget provision that will end coverage for 17,688 HUSKY parents on…
CT Medicare members have saved over $285 million on prescription drugs under the ACA; almost half a million received free preventive care last year
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) thousands of elderly and disabled Medicare beneficiaries in CT have saved millions of…
Fascinating Health Care Cabinet meeting on hospital markets, concentration, costs and the magic of VT
This week’s Health Care Cabinet meeting was fascinating. We first heard about the impact of hospital consolidations in CT. We…
New to the Book Club: Fighting for Life, by S. Josephine Baker, 1939
In the 1890s New York’s Lower East Side was the most densely populated square mile on the planet, with largely…
Governor’s budget proposal – it could be way worse
Today the Governor announced his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year that starts July 1st. The very, very good…
Two in three CT physicians had an electronic health record in 2014; well below US average
In 2014, only 67.5% of CT office-based physicians had a certified electronic health record (EHR) system according to a new…
February web quiz: costs on CT’s health insurance exchange
Test your knowledge about costs of plans and MLRs on CT’s health insurance exchange. Take the February CT Health Policy…
CT Health Reform Dashboard redesign
Two years after the main Affordable Care Act expansions were implemented and almost six years after it became law, we’ve…
Benefits of sponsoring out-of-state trips for policymakers
A new Health Affairs blog highlights the benefits of learning trips for state health policymakers working on systemic change. The…