State seeking public input on 2025 health improvement plan, they are really listening
After months of the Dept. of Public Health has finalized their draft plan to set goals and strategies to improve…
CTNJ ANALYSIS | On Healthcare, Candidates Focused on Public Option, Medicare For All, Drug Prices
This year, Connecticut candidates running for office during a global pandemic and a harsh recession had thoughtful, well-informed answers to…
Connecticut healthcare employment coming back
Download the report Like other Connecticut workers, healthcare employment was hit hard by the pandemic in March, according to data…
Cost Cap underservice monitoring plan is very weak, puts people at risk
Download the report This week, the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) unveiled their plan to monitor for unintended consequences of…
CT Medicaid eligibility and service decisions benefit members but also the state budget
It may be counter-intuitive but, despite our high incomes, Connecticut’s generosity in eligibility and provider rates means the federal government…
Has MA’s cost cap worked? Should CT copy it?
Download the report The latest reports (here and here) on Massachusetts’s first-in-the-nation cost cap project raise questions about whether it…
CT hospital uncompensated care below US average, varies between hospitals, no relation to profits
Read the report According to the state’s latest report, Connecticut hospitals provided totaled $806 million in uncompensated care last year,…
Median income CT residents squeezed between rising insurance premiums and inadequate subsidies
A new CMS analysis finds that between 2015 and 2019, US insurance premiums rose while enrollment in insurance exchanges went…
Americans are getting non-emergency care again, but progress varies
In good news, Americans are getting preventive and maintenance care visits, according to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. But…