CT Health Reform

CT earns an F on heath price transparency laws, again

By Ellen Andrews | July 13, 2015

CT joined all but five states nationally earning an F grade for public reporting of health prices according to Catalyst…

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CT health reform progress dips again

By Ellen Andrews | July 1, 2015

Unfortunately CT’s progress toward health reform dropped again to 27.5% this month, undermining last month’s gain. News that the state’s…

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CT health reform progress moving up again

By Ellen Andrews | June 2, 2015

After five months’ decline, CT’s progress toward health reform rebounded to 27.8% this month. Medicaid’s decision to cover new Hepatitis…

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CT health reform progress moving backward again this month

By Ellen Andrews | May 1, 2015

CT’s progress toward health reform dropped from to 27.0% this month mainly because of SIM setbacks again, but the Appropriations…

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CT exchange plans violating ACA women’s coverage protections

By Ellen Andrews | April 30, 2015

Researchers found eight violations in 2014 and thirteen violations this year of Affordable Care Act women’s coverage provisions by plans…

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A Better Idea for SIM-Medicaid: Coordinate Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients

By Ellen Andrews | April 3, 2015

Independent consumer advocates and others have raised grave concerns about Connecticut’s State Innovation Model (SIM) plans to radically change financial…

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CT health reform progress moving backward

By Ellen Andrews | April 2, 2015

CT’s progress toward health reform dropped from 29.0% to 27.4% this month mainly because of SIM setbacks and state budget…

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CTNJ Op-Ed: Health Neighborhood cuts misguided

By Ellen Andrews | March 30, 2015

An Op-Ed in today’s CT News Junkie focuses on the Governor’s proposal to cut funding for innovative health neighborhood pilots…

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Cutting HUSKY parents increases the total cost of care by $500 per person

By Ellen Andrews | March 19, 2015

The Governor’s budget proposal to cut 34,000 working parents from the HUSKY program into AccessHealthCT will increase the total cost…

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