CT Health Reform
Health reform dashboard up again but APCD decision drags down progress
The CT Health Reform Dashboard is up a notch again this month to 29.7% on the progress meter, reversing last…
News: Independent CT hospitals discussing tiered networks, Pre-ACA CID routinely approved very high rates for Aetna
The Hartford Business Journal is reporting that some smaller, independent CT hospitals are in discussions with each other and with…
Exchange tweaks for 2015 offerings – weak on affordability, expanded networks, HSAs
Changes for next year’s CT health insurance exchange plan offerings are small and unlikely to change premiums much. Cost sharing…
New to the CT Health Policy Book Club – Reinventing American Health Care
I received the newest addition to the CTHPP Book Club — Reinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act…
Cabinet meeting – exchange and SIM updates
Most of today’s Cabinet meeting was spent on SIM’s decision to create a CT-specific medical home standard rather than using…
May Health Reform Dashboard, Webquiz online
Test your knowledge about health risk factors in Connecticut adults. Take the May CT Health Policy Webquiz. May’s Health Reform…
SHOP exchange facing challenges, low enrollment
A CT Mirror article examines the reasons behind very low enrollment in CT’s insurance exchange for small businesses (SHOP). This…
208,301 in CT enrolled in health care under ACA
AccessHealthCT has worked through the queue of applications pending when enrollment into the insurance exchange closed March 31st. Between Jan…
Health Care Cabinet meeting — SIM, exchange updates
Yesterday’s Cabinet meeting was lively — not sure it was productive. The insurance exchange reported on a flurry of last…