CT Health Reform

CT health reform progress meter finally starts moving up again

By Ellen Andrews | September 3, 2014

Starting to recover from the bomb thrown by SIM leaders in to CT’s Medicaid success, CT’s progress toward health reform…

CT Mirror calculator figures insurance costs for 2015

By Ellen Andrews | September 2, 2014

A cool new calculator from CT Mirror allows visitors to compute coverage costs across health plans with just a few…

Fact checking CT’s uninsured numbers since the ACA

By Ellen Andrews | August 19, 2014

An article in today’s CT Mirror focuses on a question bouncing around CT health policy circles – what impact has…

Half of exchange enrollees were uninsured

By Ellen Andrews | August 7, 2014

A survey released yesterday conducted by AccessHealthCT found that 53% of people who signed up for coverage through the exchange…

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…

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.

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…

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.…

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…