CT Health Reform

CT insurers push plan for universal health care; Rests on individual mandate

By Ellen Andrews | February 20, 2009

According to today’s Hartford Courant, CT’s insurance industry is promoting a plan to cover everyone in the state. The industry…

Charter Oak calls to the Consumer Helpline

By Ellen Andrews | February 10, 2009

I have been receiving a lot of calls on our Consumer Helpline (1-888-873-4585) from people having trouble signing up for…

Primary Care Authority meeting

By Ellen Andrews | February 4, 2009

At today’s meeting, the Primary Care Authority accepted UConn’s report *check link * assessing CT’s primary care workforce capacity. The…

Health 1st Authority worsens individual mandate language

By Ellen Andrews | January 27, 2009

In their last meeting, the Health 1st Authority announced a change to their draft report in the individual mandate language…

Universal Health Care Foundation unveils comprehensive health reform plan

By Ellen Andrews | January 21, 2009

The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut released its plan for health care reform on January 13, 2009 at a…

Why an individual mandate won’t work in CT

By Ellen Andrews | January 5, 2009

A new paper by the CT Health Policy Project outlines why an individual mandate, a law requiring every state resident…

HealthFirst Authority draft report

By Ellen Andrews | December 23, 2008

The Authority’s much anticipated draft report was unveiled earlier this month. Thankfully, it does not include a recommendation for an…

Health First Authority update

By Ellen Andrews | December 9, 2008

The Authority is winding down, but there is still no draft of the plan. At Monday’s meeting, members got a…

Charter Oak “pettiness”

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2008

To root out the sources of “negativity” about the Governor’s troubled Charter Oak program, on Friday DSS Commissioner Starkowski made…