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CT signs off on Aetna-Humana merger, but other hurdles remain
by: Ana Radelat
| May 25, 2016
WASHINGTON — The Connecticut Insurance Department has signed
off on Aetna’s proposed merger with Humana, but other hurdles remain for that
deal and another merger proposed by Cigna and Anthem. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Politics,
Washington,
Aetna, American Hospital Association, Anthem, anti-trust,
Cigna
State tentatively OKs hospital purchases in Manchester,
Vernon
By: Mark Pazniokas | May 25, 2016
The consolidation of the hospital industry progressed
Wednesday as state regulators gave tentative approval to the $105 million
purchase of Manchester Memorial and Rockville
General hospitals by Prospect Medical Holdings, a
for-profit hospital chain based in Los
Angeles. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, ECHN, George Jepsen, Manchester Memorial Hospital,
OHCA, Prospect Medical Holdings, Rockville General Hospital
Five health issues presidential candidates aren’t talking
about
By: Julie
Rovner / Kaiser Health News | May 20, 2016
In the next few years the nation faces many important
decisions about health care — most of which have little to do with the
controversial federal health law. Here are five issues candidates should be
discussing, but largely are not. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care
Uninsured rates dropping in Connecticut and across the
country
By: Andrew Ba Tran | May 19, 2016
Nine out of 10 working-age adults in the United States
were covered by health insurance last year, and the number of uninsured
continues to decline, according to new figures released by the federal
government. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Data,
Health
Care
Can an apartment cut health care costs of homeless ‘super
users’?
By: Arielle Levin
Becker | May 18, 2016
Connecticut is part of a
national demonstration program aimed at finding a new way to address the needs
of homeless health care "super users." It's designed to test the
questions: Can housing and support be the answer? Can it save money? And can it
be sustainable? Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Deep Dive,
homeless,
Medicaid,
mental
health, super user,
superuser, supportive
housing
CT lawmakers seek more money as House, Senate split on Zika funds
By: Ana Radelat
| May 17, 2016
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
have split on how to fund federal efforts to fight the Zika
virus, with Connecticut lawmakers playing key roles in trying to boost the
amount of money that would go to states to battle the spread of the disease. Continue Reading →
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