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The CT Health Policy Project is hiring a Director of Programs. The position involves coordinating consumer assistance and educational programming for the Project. There are opportunities for policy analysis and advocacy as well. Qualifications include organizational and interpersonal skills, resourcefulness, ability to work independently and take initiative, and most important – enthusiasm and commitment to…

Yesterday marked the ninth anniversary of the CT Health Policy Project. We took the day off. To celebrate, we are moving our offices (actually just Ellen’s office). Our address will be not change. As of next week all the staff will be in the same part of the building. Our phones and internet won’t be…

From Gary Spinner, COO of the Hill Health Center: “It is with great sadness that I let you know of the passing away of Cornell Scott, Hill Health Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer. Scotty passed away at noon today in Yale New Haven Hospital. He had been ill for a great deal of time, and the…

The CT Oral Health Initiative needs to hire a new Executive Director. For five years COHI has been advocating for better oral health for everyone. They have focused on access to dental care for CT’s underserved and education about the importance of oral health. COHI is seeking an experienced nonprofit leader who shares the organization’s…

Many people have asked if our web quizzes from previous months are available on the website. They are now, click here for quizzes back to 2001.

After eight months, the Health First Authority is getting to consider some options to cover CT’s uninsured. Five options to be specific. And while most of the conversation was predictable, it did get interesting near the end. The five options include single payer universal coverage, a bolstered employment based system (employer mandate, state subsidies for…

Thursday’s issue of CT Health Notes, our biweekly list serv, includesAging baby boomers intensify looming health care workforce shortage — a new report from the Institute of Medicine finds that the growing number of older patients with more complex health care needs will overwhelm an already stressed health care workforce.Health care becoming “employer of last…

Connecticut now has at least fifteen retail medical clinics, mainly Minute Clinics in CVS stores, but more are coming. Go to our Policymaker Issue Brief No. 44 for more on what these clinics are, their potential as an affordable source of care, concerns about safety and impact on the rest of the health care system,…

The Pew Research Center’s annual survey of America’s middle class finds that one in five says that it’s likely their health benefits will be reduced or eliminated in the next year. 12% expect a cut in wages. One in four say that they have not moved forward in the last four years and 31% say…

For the last few months, a small group of Connecticut legislators and other officials has been meeting to explore health care issues in some depth. Legislators choose the issues and ask questions; CT Health Policy Project staff research the topics and find answers. To access the discussion guides for the last two meetings, go to…