CT Health Reform

CT health reform progress dips to 28%

By Ellen Andrews | July 31, 2014

  CT lost ground in progress toward health reform according to the August CT Health Reform Dashboard. The state moved…

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June CT Health Policy Webquiz: CT health system performance

By Ellen Andrews | July 15, 2014

Test your knowledge about Connecticut’s health system performance. Take the July CT Health Policy Webquiz.

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Medicaid Council voices concerns about new SIM proposal

By Ellen Andrews | July 9, 2014

In a special meeting yesterday, the majority of Medicaid Council members voiced concerns about the rushed, new SIM proposal for…

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Data breach at Access Health CT, troubling for APCD future

By Ellen Andrews | June 9, 2014

Friday afternoon a backpack was found on a Hartford street with sensitive information on about 400 Access Health CT customers.…

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Anthem & ConnectiCare premiums submitted are up sharply for 2015, HealthyCT rates down — updated

By Ellen Andrews | June 3, 2014

Proposed premiums for the insurance exchange were due to the insurance dept. Friday and they are up significantly from this…

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Health reform dashboard up again but APCD decision drags down progress

By Ellen Andrews | June 2, 2014

The CT Health Reform Dashboard is up a notch again this month to 29.7% on the progress meter, reversing last…

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News: Independent CT hospitals discussing tiered networks, Pre-ACA CID routinely approved very high rates for Aetna

By Ellen Andrews | May 27, 2014

The Hartford Business Journal is reporting that some smaller, independent CT hospitals are in discussions with each other and with…

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Exchange tweaks for 2015 offerings – weak on affordability, expanded networks, HSAs

By Ellen Andrews | May 21, 2014

Changes for next year’s CT health insurance exchange plan offerings are small and unlikely to change premiums much. Cost sharing…

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New to the CT Health Policy Book Club – Reinventing American Health Care

By Ellen Andrews | May 19, 2014

I received the newest addition to the CTHPP Book Club — Reinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act…

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