CT Health Reform
A Better Idea for SIM-Medicaid: Coordinate Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
Independent consumer advocates and others have raised grave concerns about Connecticut’s State Innovation Model (SIM) plans to radically change financial…
CT health reform progress moving backward
CT’s progress toward health reform dropped from 29.0% to 27.4% this month mainly because of SIM setbacks and state budget…
CTNJ Op-Ed: Health Neighborhood cuts misguided
An Op-Ed in today’s CT News Junkie focuses on the Governor’s proposal to cut funding for innovative health neighborhood pilots…
Cutting HUSKY parents increases the total cost of care by $500 per person
The Governor’s budget proposal to cut 34,000 working parents from the HUSKY program into AccessHealthCT will increase the total cost…
CT exchange premiums still fourth highest in US, negotiating premiums could help
A new analysis by the Urban Institute comparing health insurance exchange premiums across the US finds that CT’s 2015 premiums…
Health reform update – the power of price transparency, more SIM concerns
At an important Public Health Committee hearing Wednesday, Senate leaders from both parties testified together on a slate of seven…
CT 2015 insurance exchange enrollment – the numbers are in
Two thirds of CT residents who secured coverage through AccessHealthCT’s portal this year were eligible for Medicaid, according to the…
CT health reform progress still stalled
CT’s progress toward health reform remains stalled yet again this month. The March meter moved down from last month slightly…
Fascinating HBJ article on role, challenges for brokers in AccessHealthCT
The Hartford Business Journal reports on the experiences of CT’s insurance brokers in the success of AccessHealthCT. Brokers have assisted…