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Protect CT patients and communities from private equity

There are concerns about the spread of private equity ownership of hospitals and other healthcare entities across the nation. National studies have found that when private equity funds purchase hospitals, the quality of care suffers and costs to patients and payers increase. Connecticut is not immune to this disturbing trend. Since Prospect Medical Holdings acquired three hospitals in our state, venders, providers, and municipal taxes have not been paid, cutbacks led to a serious cyberattack that jeopardized care, and fund owners borrowed over a billion dollars against the hospitals’ assets to pay investors and executives $457 million. State taxpayers have been asked to fix this mess.

SB-9, An Act Promoting Hospital Financial Stability, would strengthen the state’s ability to hold private equity funds accountable for the facilities they own, provide an “early-warning signal” of problems, and protect communities and patients. Call your legislators urging them to vote for SB-9.

Tell state not to sell/monetize our private medical records

After many tries, Connecticut is getting a state-sponsored Health Information Exchange (HIE) called Connie.  If you haven’t heard about Connecticut’s HIE, you aren’t alone. An obscure planning group run by the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has been working on it for years with very little public notice. Your providers are all required under state law to put your medical records into their system. This includes all medications, diagnoses, family planning, sexually transmitted disease history, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and your doctor’s notes about you. If you’ve survived cancer or another high-cost health problem, it will be in the system. If you’re at risk of other high-cost health problems, even if you are monitoring and taking care of yourself, it will be in there.

When the original seed money runs out, the state intends to sell your data to those insurers and ACOs so they can see all your medical records, wherever you get your care. HIE officials dismiss concerns that insurers and ACOs will use the data to deny people healthcare or dump expensive patients, but that has happened in other states.

To opt-out of Connie and keep your medical records private, click here

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