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Webinar: Study finds improved early cancer diagnosis and survival after MCOs left HUSKY

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2024

Join us for a webinar December 10th at 2pm with Dr. John Cramer on his study published in JCO Oncology…

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Former Medicaid official offers options to improve the program and a warning

By Ellen Andrews | November 3, 2024

Recently retired from DSS, Steven Colangelo answered the state’s invitation for recommendations to improve HUSKY. He worked at DSS more…

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Advocates’ comments to improve Medicaid

By Ellen Andrews | November 2, 2024

In response to DSS’s invitation for comments, last week four consumer advocate members of CT’s Medical Assistance Program Oversight Council…

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Opinion: MCOs still a bad idea, New Haven Register

By Ellen Andrews | October 21, 2024

On behalf of Rep. Peter Villano, his wife urges Governor Lamont not to reverse 12 years of progress in HUSKY…

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How CT can support the professionals who support patients

By Ellen Andrews | September 26, 2024

How CT can support the professionals who support patients A new brief by the CT Health Foundation highlights the value…

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Happy Birthday to us

By Ellen Andrews | August 30, 2024

The CT Health Policy Project turns 25 on September 1st. No party, but there will be cake. Anniversaries evoke memories…

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Analysis: Medicare’s drug price negotiation – Why it’s a big deal

By Ellen Andrews | August 20, 2024

For the first time, Medicare has negotiated prices with pharmaceutical companies. Prescription drug costs are a significant driver of rising…

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Book Club: Random Acts of Medicine

By Ellen Andrews | August 8, 2024

Deliberately randomized experiments in medicine and health policy are usually not possible, or even moral. But with increasingly available data…

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CT Healthcare Explained is updating

By Ellen Andrews | July 16, 2024

We are taking on the massive project of updating CT Healthcare Explained. We just finished the Workforce chapter, including updated…

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