CT Health Reform

Reference pricing lowers healthcare prices, could save CT millions

By Ellen Andrews | December 11, 2025

Hospital prices are driving up healthcare costs making coverage unaffordable, in Connecticut and across the US. It’s hard to reduce…

Book Club: The Seven Rules of Trust

By Ellen Andrews | December 8, 2025

There’s been a lot of hand wringing about trust lately. The loss of trust in science, government, institutions, and organizations…

Still the best kept secret in CT healthcare – CID insurer report card

By Ellen Andrews | December 1, 2025

The 2025 annual CT health insurance plan comparison report from the CT Insurance Department (CID) is an underappreciated gold mine…

Analysis: The real goal of Medicaid work requirements

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2025

An old saying goes, there’s no right way to do the wrong thing. I hope that’s not true. Connecticut has…

HUSKY and work requirements – How to make it work

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2025

Download the full report The largest cut in the new federal budget bill is Medicaid work requirements. It’s expected that…

Private Insurance chapter in CT Healthcare Explained updated

By Ellen Andrews | September 29, 2025

We’ve updated the Private Insurance chapter of CT Healthcare Explained. The update was prompted by new numbers and new topics,…

Medicaid chapter in CT Healthcare Explained updated

By Ellen Andrews | July 30, 2025

We’ve made a massive update to the Medicaid chapter of CT Healthcare Explained. The update was prompted by new numbers…

Analysis: CT is a National Leader in Fight to Control Drug Costs

By Ellen Andrews | July 3, 2025

This year, Connecticut passed meaningful laws to control stubbornly-high prescription drug prices. According to the Office of Health Strategy, prescription…

CT health policy learning opportunity

By Ellen Andrews | July 2, 2025

To help build health policy capacity in our state, the CT Health Policy Project is launching a guided study/class that…