CT Health Reform

Why is healthcare like this?

By Ellen Andrews | April 4, 2022

Healthcare is complicated. It often doesn’t make sense – to consumers, patients, students, policymakers, providers, administrators, and everyone else. The…

COVID’s lessons — and what we can do about them

By Ellen Andrews | March 28, 2022

COVID exposed Connecticut’s underlying health disparities to new audiences, receiving a lot of public attention. But what have we learned?…

Legislators hear diverse voices favoring competition to control healthcare costs

By Ellen Andrews | March 21, 2022

Update 3/22/2022 — SB-416 passed the Insurance and Real Estate Committee unanimously. Twenty-one organizations and state residents testified in favor…

Testimony: Consolidation’s harms to stressed healthcare workers

By Ellen Andrews | March 17, 2022

From Haley Magnetta, fellow at CT Health Policy Project, written testimony in support of SB-417, An Act Promoting Competition in…

Fact Check: Does OHS’s Primary Care Roadmap include capitation? Yes, 31 times

By Ellen Andrews | March 16, 2022

In the Insurance Committee’s March 1st public hearing on HB-5042, advocates stated that the Office of Health Strategy’s Primary Care…

Insurance committee to hear bill to mitigate consolidation and lower healthcare costs

By Ellen Andrews | March 11, 2022

Download our testimony One of the main drivers of Connecticut’s rising healthcare costs is consolidation in the healthcare market, making…

New tool finds all CT health systems’ commercial prices are far higher than needed to cover expenses

By Ellen Andrews | March 9, 2022

According to a new tool, Connecticut hospitals would have needed commercial rates equal to 135% of Medicare levels in 2020…

CTNJ op-ed: Children deserve healthcare, regardless of immigration status

By Ellen Andrews | March 8, 2022

Last year, Connecticut policymakers made the smart and moral decision to provide HUSKY coverage to children from low-income families through…

Testimony supporting Governor’s drug price cap and opposing OHS primary care plan

By Ellen Andrews | March 1, 2022

The Insurance and Real Estate Committee is hearing today the Governor’s healthcare bills. Areas of disagreement include a proposal to…