Updates on health policy in Connecticut
Cost Cap underservice monitoring plan is very weak, puts people at risk
By Ellen Andrews |
Download the report This week, the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) unveiled their plan to monitor for unintended consequences of ...
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CT Medicaid eligibility and service decisions benefit members but also the state budget
By Ellen Andrews |
It may be counter-intuitive but, despite our high incomes, Connecticut’s generosity in eligibility and provider rates means the federal government ...
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CT suicide prevention planning to save lives
By Ellen Andrews |
Like the rest of the nation, deaths by suicide were rising in Connecticut even before the pandemic, according to the ...
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Has MA’s cost cap worked? Should CT copy it?
By Ellen Andrews |
Download the report The latest reports (here and here) on Massachusetts’s first-in-the-nation cost cap project raise questions about whether it ...
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CTNJ Op-Ed: Labels matter in healthcare, especially the misleading ones
By Ellen Andrews |
The President was right – healthcare is complicated. There are lots of reasons, but a big one is language. What ...
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CT hospital uncompensated care below US average, varies between hospitals, no relation to profits
By Ellen Andrews |
Read the report According to the state’s latest report, Connecticut hospitals provided totaled $806 million in uncompensated care last year, ...
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Public comments critical of OHS’s Cost Cap plan
By Ellen Andrews |
Several comments submitted on the Office of Health Strategy’s plan to cap healthcare costs during the public comment period raised ...
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YNHH and New Haven clinics open primary care center, despite transportation barriers and higher costs for patients and the state
By Ellen Andrews |
test On Monday, Yale New-Haven Health System with the Fairhaven and Cornell Scott Hill health centers announced the opening of ...
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CTNJ candidate questionnaire now online
By Ellen Andrews |
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Candidates’ answers to CT News Junkie’s questionnaire about policy issues facing Connecticut is now ...
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