Another gift from COVID – CT life expectancy dropped 1.9 years in 2020

By Ellen Andrews | August 23, 2022

In 2020, Connecticut life expectancy at birth dropped to 78.4 years, down 1.9 years from 2019, according to a new…

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CTNJ Analysis: Another CT healthcare story of wasted money and missed opportunities

By Ellen Andrews | August 11, 2022

An excellent investigative piece by C-HIT published Tuesday found that the state Office of Health Strategy has squandered $20 million…

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Again, no CT hospitals on US News Honor Roll

By Ellen Andrews | July 29, 2022

None of Connecticut’s hospitals earned a spot on US News Best Hospitals list this year, as in 2018 and 2011.…

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CT is 24th in public health funding

By Ellen Andrews | July 28, 2022

Connecticut has a chronic problem with underfunding public health. We aren’t alone, but we’ve done little to fix the problem.…

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CTNJ Op-Ed: Insurers’ explanations for extreme rate increases don’t make sense

By Ellen Andrews | July 22, 2022

Connecticut’s health insurers are asking state regulators to let them increase premiums an average of 20.4%, far more than last…

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CT next to last for at-risk youth, in a good way

By Ellen Andrews | July 12, 2022

Nationally 12.6% of Americans ages 16 to 24 are at-risk compared to 9.7% of Connecticut youth. Connecticut does better than…

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Book Club — Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement

By Ellen Andrews | June 29, 2022

Noise – A Flaw in Human Judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Oliver Sibony, and Cass Sunstein, is long, so it sat…

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CT hospitals losing ground on social responsibility

By Ellen Andrews | June 28, 2022

Eight Connecticut hospitals received A grades this year for social responsibility from the Lown Institute, down from twelve last year.…

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CT ranks 3rd in health system performance, but there’s lots of work to do

By Ellen Andrews | June 16, 2022

Connecticut’s health system performance is the third best in the nation, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard. COVID…

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