CT Health Reform
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.…
$50 million health coverage opportunity for CT from national health reform
CT can access $50 million in federal funds to cover state residents with pre-existing conditions until 2014 when insurers will…
SustiNet medical home committee making progress
At last week’s SustiNet Patient-Centered Medical Home committee meeting we heard about medical home initiatives in the two programs that…
Webinar: National Health Reform and What it Means for CT
The video and slides from today’s webinar with Rep. Joe Courtney, Congressman from CT’s 2nd district, are posted at http://www.cthealthpolicy.org/webinars.
If national health reform happens, how will it affect CT?
Passage of a national health reform bill appears uncertain. However under any scenario, if it happens, Medicaid will expand significantly.…
SustiNet Board meeting
Yesterday’s SustiNet Board meeting focused on federal health reforms and how SustiNet fits in. The Board heard from Stan Dorn…
Patient-centered medical home committee meeting
Yesterday’s meeting of the SustiNet patient-centered medical home (PCMH) committee was full of energy. The discussion highlighted the tension between…
New report finds CT will gain 225,000 new insured if national health reform passes
A new report by Families USA finds that in ten years CT will have 225,000 more insured residents than we…