CT Health Reform

CT health reform progress meter not changed much

By Ellen Andrews | January 4, 2016

This month’s CT health reform progress meter ticked down very slightly this month, continuing its hover around the same 25%…

Advocates urge SIM not to disrupt successful Medicaid PCMH program

By Ellen Andrews | December 28, 2015

In a letter to SIM steering committee members, the Medicaid Study Group urged support for DSS’s decision to build Medicaid…

Advocates offer comment on MQISSP design proposals to date

By Ellen Andrews | December 18, 2015

As requested, the Medicaid Study Group has drafted comments to DSS on current design proposals for MQISSP, CT’s Medicaid reform…

CT health reform progress meter ticks up slightly

By Ellen Andrews | December 7, 2015

December’s CT health reform progress meter ticked up very slightly this month. Medicaid redesign planning is still on track, working…

Op-Ed — CT Medicaid: Don’t Mess With What’s Working

By Ellen Andrews | November 23, 2015

In an unusual twist, two prominent legal aide attorneys highlight Medicaid’s exceptional performance in improving quality, expanding access to care…

Fate of terminated HUSKY parents troubling, implications for families staying together

By Ellen Andrews | November 16, 2015

At Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting we learned that 167 of the 1,215 HUSKY parents that lost coverage last year were…

CT health reform progress up slightly this month

By Ellen Andrews | November 2, 2015

CT’s progress toward health reform inched up this month to 25.7%, ending a four month decline. New Medicaid numbers confirmed…

CTNJ Op-Ed on CT’s ACA progress covering the uninsured

By Ellen Andrews | October 23, 2015

Yesterday’s op-ed in CT News Junkie focused on CT’s mixed results in covering the uninsured under the Affordable Care Act.…

ACA and covering the uninsured: How did CT do?

By Ellen Andrews | October 21, 2015

An analysis of new Census data finds that 88,000 more CT residents had coverage last year than the year before,…