Capacity Building
CT Health Notes newsletter – a view through CT health care history
To keep up on the latest in CT’s health care landscape, sign up for our (mostly) every-other-week newsletter, CT Health Notes. You can also search our archives that go back fifteen years. For a reminder of how far CT has come, our first CT Health Notes edition from January 2001 included an invitation to our…
Read MoreNew advocacy videos from CT-N
CT-N, Connecticut’s Network, has produced ADVOCACY: Turning the Gears of Democracy — short, easy-to-understand videos on how to advocate effectively. The four videos cover what advocacy is and why it is so important, your right to advocate, effective strategies and how to engage the media to amplify your voice. The videos are exceptional tools for…
Read MoreClass slides – Implementing ObamaCare in CT
Slides and the syllabus from a Fall graduate public policy class at Trinity College are online. The course, Implementing ObamaCare in CT, is tracking how the Affordable Care Act is unfolding in our state. Class topics for the class so far include ACA 2.0/CT context, health insurance exchange, Medicaid, insurance reform, workforce/providers, public health, health…
Read MoreCandidates for Governor on health care
To help with your decision Nov. 4th, the CT Mirror has done a great job of describing Malloy record and Foley’s positions on health care if elected.
Read More2014 Candidate Health Care Briefing Book online
The CT Health Policy Project has posted our latest Health Care Briefing Book for candidates. The site includes eighteen short briefs on timely topics in Connecticut’s health care landscape. Topics include health care cost drivers, Access Health CT — Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, SIM — CT’s new plan for health care reform, and CT’s…
Read MoreCTNJ Op-Ed: How is CT’s exchange really doing?
CT News Junkie is a CT treasure that policymakers, advocates and other stakeholders rely on for the latest information on the topics we need to track. CTNJ gives you the unvarnished news about what’s happening, and why. CTNJ Op-Eds offer an important platform for thoughtful commenters to give context to the news and offer their…
Read MoreUpdated website and expanded reach for comparative effectiveness org – ICER
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has a new website with decision aids for consumers and doctors, comparative value analyses of new treatments, and regional roundtables to translate that research into policy. Adding the CA Technology Assessment Forum to their CEPAC work in New England allows millions more people to benefit.
Read MoreNew, improved Facebook page
(How I spent my winter vacation.) Check out the new, improved (actually finally filled-in) CT Health Policy Project Facebook page – www.facebook.com/cthealthnotes. Like us for updates on CT health trends, policies, proposals, what’s working and what’s not.
Read MoreIntern Academy resources online
Tuesday’s CT Health Intern Academy attracted over 100 participants to a day of health policy and skill training at the Capitol. Many thanks to our expert speakers including policy, advocacy, budget, media and organizing specialists, Kevin Lembo, CT State Comptroller, our keynote speaker, and to the CT Health Foundation for supporting the event.…
Read MoreVideos posted for Intern Academy
As context for Tuesday’s CT Health Intern Academy, we have posted four 5 to 7 minute video backgrounders on CT’s health policy system – nuts & bolts, the uninsured, health care costs, and the Affordable Care Act – and three on health advocacy in CT – nuts & bolts, legislative and budget. Also posted…
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