CT Health Reform
DSS outlines options to move HUSKY away from capitation – or not
At yesterday’s Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council (formerly known as the Medicaid Managed Care Council), DSS outlined three policy options…
August webquiz – Have you read the SustiNet reports?
The SustiNet task forces and advisory committees have completed their final reports. The committees explored and made recommendations on CT’s…
44,000 CT small businesses eligible for health insurance tax breaks
Thanks to national health reform 44,000 CT businesses are eligible for tax credits making health insurance more affordable. Starting this…
In first test implementing health reform, state reconsidering high risk pool plans
In our state’s first test implementing federal health reform, Governor Rell has asked DSS and other agencies to start over…
SustiNet advisory committee and task force reports posted
The final reports of the five SustiNet advisory committees on patient-centered medical homes, health information technology, prevention, quality and providers,…
Immediate impact of national health reform for CT
The White House has developed a list of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act to CT this year. The…
SustiNet 60 day report released
Yesterday the SustiNet Board released their report to the General Assembly on how Connecticut’s 2009 health reform law fits with…
Rell administration will not challenge national health reform law
At yesterday’s Health Reform Cabinet meeting, the Rell administration announced that they will not join twelve other states in a…
Governor interested in creating a CT high risk pool
Among other things, national health reform gives states an opportunity to create an insurance pool for people with pre-existing conditions.…