CT Health Reform
SustiNet and health insurance exchange bills heard
The Public Health, Human Services and Insurance Committees had a public hearing on the SustiNet bill and competing visions for…
State moving to ASO and PCCM for all Medicaid consumers
At a press conference today, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and OPM Secretary Ben Barnes announced that CT’s Medicaid program will…
Legislators looking at UConn contract for prisoners’ care for savings
An AP article in the New Haven Register reports that policymakers are looking to review and possibly open UConn’s $94…
Health care reform – CT and national
While Republicans in Washington work to repeal national health reform, Connecticut’s Public Health Committee has raised the SustiNet bill –…
The final word – HUSKY ASO cost less than HMOs – or it should have
At Friday’s Medicaid Oversight Council meeting Mercer actuaries gave us the final comparison of the costs of the HUSKY program…
SustiNet final report off to General Assembly
The SustiNet task force has sent their recommendations to the legislature. Recomendations include payment and delivery system reforms, including patient…
OLR reports on major issues for 2011
The Office of Legislative Research’s annual list of issues likely to be addressed in the coming session includes: · Considering…
SustiNet Board update
The SustiNet task force met yesterday to refine their final recommendations for proposed legislative language to the General Assembly. In…
Estimated costs of SustiNet options described
Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute outlined the estimated costs of six SustiNet coverage options at yesterday’s Board meeting. Under…