Year of News:

1. HUSKY 4 Immigrants: Expanding health coverage for immigrants benefits everyone

   Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024

   Efforts in Connecticut to expand coverage to Connecticut’s undocumented residents have been spearheaded by HUSKY 4 Immigrants, a coalition of nearly two dozen state and local organizations.

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2. Grants will support advocacy for coverage expansion

   Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

   Grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to expand health care coverage to more immigrants and to ensure that those who are eligible can get covered.

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3. Studies find disparities in hospital restraint use, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, Feb 24, 2023

   Studies find disparities in the use of restraints on patients in emergency departments and in the accuracy of stroke-prediction tools. Important news for those with HUSKY. Plus a look at why there aren’t more Black doctors in the U.S.

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4. NEW REPORT: Georgetown University recommends steps to improve the health of CT’s children

   Wednesday, Jan 02, 2019

   HARTFORD, Conn. (Jan. 2, 2019) – Connecticut outperforms many states on key measures of children’s health care access and quality, but lags behind…

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5. NEW REPORT: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families finds Medicaid’s impact goes beyond health care

   Tuesday, Aug 21, 2018

   HARTFORD, Conn. (August 21, 2018) – Medicaid is best known as a health insurance program that provides coverage to low-income Connecticut residents,…

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6. Lack of attention for a disease mainly affecting people of color, Latinos hit harder by the opioid epidemic, and more in this week’s roundup

   Friday, May 18, 2018

   Health equity
   Sickle cell patients suffer as disparities in care and research persist
   Peggy McCarthy, Connecticut Health Investigative Team, May 10…

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7. Part 2: Getting more value from pediatric primary care

   Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018

   Today’s post is part 2 in a series about pediatric payment reform by Lisa Honigfeld, vice president for health initiatives at the Child Health and…

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8. The effects of CT’s budget cuts on access to dental care

   Monday, Nov 20, 2017

   Today’s post is written by Mary Boudreau, Executive Director of the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative (COHI), one of CT Health’s oral health…

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9. Shareable messaging and graphics for 2018 open enrollment

   Monday, Oct 30, 2017

   Purpose
   Open enrollment is shorter this year and the ACA has been surrounded by a cloud of uncertainty. This toolkit provides suggested messaging,…

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10. Week of August 28, 2017

    Thursday, Sep 07, 2017

    Health Equity
    Barbershops and churches — ideal places for health news
    David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 29
    A national expert on…

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