CT Health Reform

CT News Junkie: What does it take to stop repeating a bad idea?

By Ellen Andrews | April 24, 2018

Albert Einstein believed the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.…

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Thirty-one independent consumer advocates share concerns with SIM’s latest push for capitation

By Ellen Andrews | April 17, 2018

Despite the historic failures of capitation in Connecticut and beyond, our state’s SIM health planning office is continuing the drumbeat…

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CTNJ op-ed: Connecticut should be careful building a public insurance option through Medicaid

By Ellen Andrews | April 2, 2018

Health insurance is too expensive in Connecticut and it may get worse with troubling new federal policies. But one proposed…

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Advocates launch PCMHPlusFacts.org, giving HUSKY members balanced information on the controversial new program

By Ellen Andrews | February 20, 2018

Today, independent consumer advocates launched a website, PCMHPlusFacts.org, to explain the facts about HUSKY’s experimental, new payment plan to run…

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January 2018 – Connecticut drops to a C this year for health reform

By admin | January 18, 2018

Connecticut health care thought leaders lowered our state to a C grade for health reform this year, matching the lowest…

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February 2017 – Connecticut hangs onto a C+ this year for health reform Mistrust is serious and pervasive

By admin | January 18, 2018

Connecticut health care thought leaders again gave our state a C+ grade for health reform last month, but our GPA…

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November CT Health Reform Dashboard – status quo, again and again and again

By Ellen Andrews | November 1, 2017

  Like the last two months, November’s CT’s Health Reform Dashboardhas changed little. Growing and understandable mistrust remains at the…

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September CT Health Reform Dashboard – little changing, and that’s not good

By Ellen Andrews | September 7, 2017

CT’s September Health Reform Dashboard update is about the same as last month. Medicaid policy development and implementation is still…

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August CT Health Reform Dashboard – Medicaid concerns grow but continuing hope for drug costs

By Ellen Andrews | August 1, 2017

CT’s August Health Reform Dashboardremains mixed. Medicaid policy development and implementation remains mired in mistrust, rushing ahead without data, quality…

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