CT Health Reform
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…
SustiNet Board considers governance and structure recommendations
At today’s meeting the SustiNet Board considered three different structural options for the new SustiNet Plan. Options varied in whether…
236,400 CT residents eligible for health care tax credits in 2014
A new report by Families USA estimates that $830 million in tax credits will be coming to 236,400 middle income…
CT medical home Medicare application in
The Office of State Comptroller has taken the lead in filing an application for CT to participate in a new…