Year of News:

1. Need health insurance? Now’s your chance

   Wednesday, Mar 10, 2021

   (Updated March 10)…

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2. Should people in hard-hit communities of color receive priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine? And more in this week’s roundup

   Thursday, Nov 12, 2020

   Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a COVID-19 vaccine. But how should it be done?
   Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, November 9
   As the…

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3. Access Health CT open enrollment for health insurance opens Nov. 1, and more in this week’s roundup

   Thursday, Oct 29, 2020

   Access Health CT open enrollment begins Nov. 1
   Cara Rosner, Connecticut Health Investigative Team, October 22
   As Connecticut readies for open…

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4. Connecticut survey finds widening racial inequities in both health and economic well-being exacerbated by the coronavirus, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Sep 18, 2020

   ‘State of Wellbeing’ survey quantifies racial inequities in both health and economy
   Kasturi Pananjady, The Connecticut Mirror, September 17
   Black…

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5. The importance of street medicine for the growing homeless population, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Feb 21, 2020

   LINKING CARE WITH COMMUNITY

   Finding patients where they live: Street medicine grows, along with…

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6. What the U.S. can learn from Taiwan’s single-payer health care system, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Jan 17, 2020

   HEALTH DISPARITIES

   Race and medicine: The harm that comes from mistrust

   Austin Frakt, The New York…

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7. Breaking the cycle of violence in our poorest communities, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Dec 20, 2019

   HEALTH DISPARITIES

   The secret to saving the lives of black mothers and babies 

   Lisa Rab, Politico…

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8. CT Health Foundation statement on court ruling on Affordable Care Act

   Wednesday, Dec 18, 2019

   HARTFORD, Conn. (Dec. 18, 2019) – Patricia Baker, president and CEO of the Connecticut Health Foundation, issued the following statement about the…

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9. Improving U.S. maternal health through a change in Medicaid policy, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Nov 15, 2019

   MEDICAID

   Imagine being kicked off your health insurance two months after giving…

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10. How health care algorithms can amplify racial disparities, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Nov 01, 2019

    HEALTH EQUITY

    Racial bias in a medical algorithm favors white patients over sicker…

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