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Connecticut Sees Record Enrollment In Health Insurance Plans For …

WEBConnecticut's state-based health insurance marketplace, Access Health CT, reported record-high enrollment numbers for the year 2024. A total of 129,000 …

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Senate Democrats Highlight Plans For Healthcare, Paid Sick Leave

WEBSenate Bill 1, “An Act Concerning The Health And Safety of Connecticut Residents,” is an omnibus bill that would contain several provisions within it, such as …

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Analysis Making it work: Connecting Medical And Social Care In

WEBHealthcare analyst Ellen Andrews, Ph.D, says experts estimate that only 20% of our health status is attributable to the medical care we receive - some depend …

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Connecticut Democratic Lawmakers Challenge Association Health …

WEBRep. Susan Johnson, D-Windham, talks about the alternative to Association Health Plans (Jamil Ragland / CTNewsJunkie photo) Six Democratic lawmakers went …

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ANALYSIS Connecticut Needs to Focus on Real Health Reform

WEBAccording to the Health Care Cost Institute, between 2014 and 2018, healthcare spending per Connecticut resident rose 18% , mainly because of rising …

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OHS Report Says Hospital Consolidations Had Negative Impact On …

WEBThe latest report from Connecticut's Office of Health Strategy – concluding that hospital consolidations have increased healthcare costs and had a negative impact …

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Analysis What To Do About Private Equity In Healthcare

WEBThe Public Health Committee has also proposed a bill for OHS to develop a plan for private equity buying into healthcare.. They are both good bills and should pass. …

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Analysis Governor’s Healthcare Budget Is A Mixed Bag

WEBHealthcare analyst Ellen Andrews says the Lamont administration's new budget continues their commitment to making healthcare in Connecticut more …

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OP-ED Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark’s Foundation Must Be …

WEBIn 2020, Gov. Ned Lamont, via Executive Order, created a healthcare cost growth benchmark. At the time, it was imagined as an opportunity for state government, …

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ANALYSIS Limiting The Metrics We Use To Track Healthcare …

WEBThe latest federal report rates healthcare in Connecticut as average. Across 159 measures of quality, Connecticut was above the US average on 39, below average …

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Connecticut's Health Insurance Exchange Reopens Nov. 1 With …

WEBThe example Wakely Consulting gave was a 56-year-old woman named Karen who lives in Fairfield and makes $65,000 a year. That’s above the 400% of …

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Connecticut Healthcare Advocate to Step Down, Warns of …

WEBTed Doolittle, who has served as Connecticut's Healthcare Advocate for nearly seven years, announced his pending departure from the Office of the Healthcare …

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Public Health Committee Sends Telehealth, Testing Requirement …

WEBThe Public Health Committee voted Monday to send a bill to the house floor that would, with a patient's consent, require hospitals to conduct toxicology testing on …

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Connecticut Hospitals Grapple with Severe Financial Challenges, …

WEBDiving deep into the financial health of the state’s hospitals in the fiscal year 2022, the OHS revealed startling findings. Statewide, hospitals experienced a loss of …

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Tong Joins AGs Pressing United Health Group To Better Respond …

WEBUnited Health Group recently reported revenues of $99.8 billion, up almost $8 billion over the same period the previous year. The company confirmed that it has paid a …

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Public Health Committee Advances Omnibus Health And Safety Bill

WEBRep. Nicole Klarides-Ditria, R-Seymour, talks about Senate Bill 1 during a meeting of the Public Health Committee on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the …

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UConn Health Center Faces $55.3 Million Deficit in 2025; State …

WEBThe University of Connecticut Health Center will be running a $55.3 million deficit in fiscal year 2025 and the state is looking to hire a consultant to develop a …

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Top Lawmakers Respond To Idea Of Managed Care For Medicaid …

WEBCapitated managed care provides private health insurers an up-front flat fee. The state contracted with companies before 2012 to manage care for hundreds of …

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Robust Enrollment on Connecticut's Insurance Exchange; 26

WEBGBAPP, Inc (Greater Bridgeport Area Prevention Program) Navigator location (Contributed photo) Enrollment this year in health insurance plans sold on …

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Joe Lieberman Remembered For Integrity, Conviction, And Being …

WEBJoe Lieberman died Wednesday at 82, reportedly following complications from a fall. He was a Stamford native and centrist Democrat who served four terms in …

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Hartford Mayoral Candidates Unveil Diverse Strategies to Address …

WEBGiselle Jacobs, a Hartford mayoral candidate, speaks during a health care forum hosted by the Charter Oak Health Center on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.

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