CT Health Reform
CT still earns a C+ on reform
Once again, CT health care thoughtleaders give our state a C+ on health reform. From the beginning of the CT…
Aetna announces layoffs, blames ACA, puzzling
Aetna has announced they will soon be laying off 80 CT workers, 160 nationwide. The company cited competitive pressures from…
October webquiz – pre-exisiting conditions
Test your knowledge of CT residents with pre-exisiting conditions. Take the October CT Health Policy Webquiz.
Exchange Board approves Essential Health Benefits standard – false choice between benefits and cost
Yesterday the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board approved CT’s version of the Essential Health Benefit (EHB) package under the Affordable…
Join us for Consumer Conversations: the CT Health Insurance Exchange
January 1, 2014 every CT resident will be required to secure health coverage. The CT Health Insurance Exchange is being…
742,000 CT residents with pre-existing conditions’ access to coverage will be protected under ACA
New estimates from Families USA finds that 742,000 non-elderly CT residents have been diagnosed with serious conditions often linked to…
CT health reform progress up to 15.2%
CT made impressive progress toward health reform in August. We moved from 13.7% of the way to 15.2% this month.…
HHS approves CT application for more insurance exchange funding
Today Health and Human Services, the federal agency tasked with approving and funding state insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care…
CT health care spending growth roughly tracks our GDP
Is health care spending skyrocketing? Yes and no. It is true that total health spending in CT averaged 7.9% annual…