Health Policy/Advocacy

Grantee Policy/Issue Briefs (funded by CT Health)

 Center for Children’s Advocacy

• Blind Spot: Unidentified Risks to Children’s Mental Health

Connecticut Association of the Directors of Health

• Housing and Planning for a Healthy Public: Land Use, Design and Development to Promote Health Equity

Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers

• Connecticut School Based Health Centers Engage Adolescent African-American and Latino Males in Mental Health Services

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety and the Connecticut Health Policy Project

• The Power of Data Consumer Involvement and Accountability for Connecticut’s All Payer Claim Database (APCD)

Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut

• Evaluating the State Basic Health Program in Connecticut

Community Health Data

Policy Briefs

• Improving Connecticut’s Community Health Data (2008)

Reports

• Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut (2007)

Executive Summaries

• Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut Executive Summary (2007)

Presentations

• Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut Educational Briefing (2007)

Medicaid

Changes to Connecticut’s Medicaid Program: Medicaid Restructuring

Presentations

• HUSKY A & B Restructuring: Best Practices as a Roadmap to the Future (2011)

Changes to Connecticut’s Medicaid Program: Proposed Medicaid Changes Series

Policy Briefs

• Brief 1: Consequences of Eliminating Health Benefits for Legally Residing Immigrants (2009)
• Brief 2: Proposed Medicaid Cost Sharing: Evaluating The Impact (2009)

Fact Sheets

• Preliminary Results: Analysis of HUSKY Cost Sharing & Elimination of Legal Immigrant Health Coverage (2009)
• April 2009 HUSKY Enrollment In Selected Connecticut Cities/Towns (2009)

Presentations

• Impact of Proposed Changes in HUSKY (2009)

Changes to Connecticut’s Medicaid Program: Families At Risk Series

Policy Briefs

• Brief 6: Impact of Lower Eligibility Limits for Parents of HUSKY A Children (2005)
• Brief 5: Cap on Federal Medicaid Funds Would Force State to Pay Increased Health Care Costs (2004)
• Brief 4: Cost of Proposed Medicaid and HUSKY A Changes to the Connecticut Economy (2004)
• Brief 3: The Impact of Co-Payments and Reduced Benefits on Children Enrolled in HUSKY A (2004)
• Brief 2: Imposing Premiums on Low-Income Elderly and Disabled Persons in Medicaid (2003)
• Brief 1: The Impact of Premiums on Children and Parents in HUSKY A (2003)

Fact Sheets

• Families At Risk Policy Brief Series Key Findings (2004)

Presentations

• Families at Risk: Proposed Changes to Medicaid/HUSKY A (2004)

Changes to Federal Medicaid Program

Reports

• Federal Proposals to Restructure Medicaid: What Could They Mean for Connecticut? (2003)

Medicare

Medicare Modernization Act Series

Policy Briefs

• Brief 1: Implications of the New Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Program for Connecticut (2005)
• Brief 2: Implications for Connecticut’s Dual Eligibles (2005)
• Brief 3: An Early Look at Medicare Drug Plan Options for Connecticut’s Medicare Beneficiaries (2005)

Spending Cap

Connecticut’s Spending Cap is in Need of Repair Series

Presentations

• Connecticut’s Spending Cap is in Need of Repair: Update February 2007
• Connecticut’s Spending Cap: Where Are We Now? (2005)

Policy Briefs

• Background Information on Connecticut’s Spending Cap: Updated Supplement (2007)
• Background Information on Connecticut’s Spending Cap: Supplement to Policy Brief (2006)
• Connecticut’s Spending Cap is in Need of Repair (2006)

Reports

• Connecticut’s Spending Cap: Updated Questions and Answers Policy Analysis (2005)
• Connecticut’s Spending Cap: Questions and Answers Policy Analysis (2001)
• Attitudes Towards the Spending Cap in Connecticut (2001)

Executive Summaries

• Spending Cap Report Highlights (2005)
• Connecticut’s Spending Cap: Questions and Answers Policy Analysis Executive Summary (2001)