CT Health Reform

CTNJ op-ed: Class action against Hartford Healthcare changes the landscape

By Ellen Andrews | February 23, 2022

A new lawsuit filed last week alleges that Hartford Healthcare is manipulating the healthcare market to drive out competition and…

Read More

25 Advocacy organizations urge legislative leaders to drop OHS Primary Care Roadmap

By Ellen Andrews | February 17, 2022

Download the letter On Tuesday, twenty-five independent advocacy organizations, including the CT Health Policy Project, sent a letter to Connecticut…

Read More

CTNJ op-ed: Governor’s plan to lower healthcare costs — what’s in and what’s missing

By Ellen Andrews | February 15, 2022

It’s an election year and voters want relief with healthcare costs and insurance premiums. Governor Lamont has proposed a slate…

Read More

CTNJ Op-ED: How much do CT hospitals spend on administration? No one knows

By Ellen Andrews | February 11, 2022

There’s a growing consensus that hospital prices are the main driver of rising healthcare costs and insurance premiums in Connecticut.…

Read More

Analysis: CT hospital finances during COVID’s first year

By Ellen Andrews | February 9, 2022

Download the report Download the extracted data In 2020, Connecticut hospitals’ revenues exceeded expenses by 2.61% or $325 million. Hospitals…

Read More

Yale Policy Institute report on CT’s local public health infrastructure and systems

By Ellen Andrews | January 27, 2022

COVID crystalized the importance of a strong local public health system across our state and the nation. In their latest…

Read More

Policy options to control healthcare prices and protect from private equity

By Ellen Andrews | January 26, 2022

Healthcare service prices are the main driver of Connecticut’s rising health insurance premiums. The consolidation of hospitals and providers into…

Read More

CTNJ OP-ED | Connecticut’s Healthcare Market Regulation is Broken

By Ellen Andrews | January 17, 2022

Connecticut’s healthcare markets are consolidating at a serious clip and it’s endangering access to care and driving up healthcare prices…

Read More

New Cost Cap industry-driven committee gets going

By Ellen Andrews | January 6, 2022

Members of the Office of Health Strategy’s (OHS) latest committee to drive down the growth in Connecticut’s healthcare spending moved…

Read More