Here is a sampling of health policy news from around the state from the past month. If you see something in your local newspaper that you would like featured here in future weeks, please contact Deb Polun at dpolun@chcact.org.
Featured Stories
12.10.18
CT NewsJunkie —
Op-Ed – Fair Haven Community Health Center Transition Makes Sense
12.8.18 The Hour — Hospitals Reduce ER Visits With Proactive Community Support (feat. Norwalk Community Health Center)
12.5.18 CT Post — Rescue Mission Eyes Defunct Nursing Home as New Center (feat. Optimus)
11.29.18 New Haven Independent — Primary Plan’s Obstacle – Broken Bus System (feat. CS-Hill, Fair Haven)
11.29.18 New Haven Register — State Wants Details of Yale Clinic Deal
11.29.18 Register Citizen — Torrington Center Offer PrEP Information On World AIDS Day (feat. Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington)
11.27.18 Hartford Courant — Wheeler Clinic Gets $2.7 Million in Grants to Battle Substance Use in Hartford
11.25.18 Register Citizen — Torrington Health Center Honors Veteran at Thanksgiving Breakfast
11.23.18 CT Mirror — School-Based Health Centers Take Leading Role in Fighting Teen Suicide
11.21.18 WFSB — Better Health with Dr. Yojana Shahi (feat. First Choice Health Centers)
11.21.18 Stamford Advocate — New Stamford Health Center Celebrates Opening (feat. CHC, Inc.)
11.15.18 CT Viewpoints — In this Doctor’s Lane, Patients Live in Fear of Gun Violence (by S. Lagarde, MD)
11.14.18 CT Health I-Team — Outreach Programs Target Asthma Hotspots But More Help is Needed (feat. Fair Haven Community Health Care)
11.14.18 Charger Bulletin — NAACP Aims to Stop the Stigma (feat. CS-Hill)
11.13.18 The Day — Connecticut Spent More than Half of Federal Opioid Funding on Treatment (feat. UCFS)
11.13.18 Hartford Courant — A Potent New Pill Will Fuel Opioid Carnage, Critics Say (feat, InterCommunity)
11.7.18 News Times — Mission Health Day – Collective Effort Yields Great Benefits (feat. CIFC-Greater Danbury Community Health Center)
11.6.18 New Haven Independent — The Dentist Comes to School
12.8.18 The Hour — Hospitals Reduce ER Visits With Proactive Community Support (feat. Norwalk Community Health Center)
12.5.18 CT Post — Rescue Mission Eyes Defunct Nursing Home as New Center (feat. Optimus)
11.29.18 New Haven Independent — Primary Plan’s Obstacle – Broken Bus System (feat. CS-Hill, Fair Haven)
11.29.18 New Haven Register — State Wants Details of Yale Clinic Deal
11.29.18 Register Citizen — Torrington Center Offer PrEP Information On World AIDS Day (feat. Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington)
11.27.18 Hartford Courant — Wheeler Clinic Gets $2.7 Million in Grants to Battle Substance Use in Hartford
11.25.18 Register Citizen — Torrington Health Center Honors Veteran at Thanksgiving Breakfast
11.23.18 CT Mirror — School-Based Health Centers Take Leading Role in Fighting Teen Suicide
11.21.18 WFSB — Better Health with Dr. Yojana Shahi (feat. First Choice Health Centers)
11.21.18 Stamford Advocate — New Stamford Health Center Celebrates Opening (feat. CHC, Inc.)
11.15.18 CT Viewpoints — In this Doctor’s Lane, Patients Live in Fear of Gun Violence (by S. Lagarde, MD)
11.14.18 CT Health I-Team — Outreach Programs Target Asthma Hotspots But More Help is Needed (feat. Fair Haven Community Health Care)
11.14.18 Charger Bulletin — NAACP Aims to Stop the Stigma (feat. CS-Hill)
11.13.18 The Day — Connecticut Spent More than Half of Federal Opioid Funding on Treatment (feat. UCFS)
11.13.18 Hartford Courant — A Potent New Pill Will Fuel Opioid Carnage, Critics Say (feat, InterCommunity)
11.7.18 News Times — Mission Health Day – Collective Effort Yields Great Benefits (feat. CIFC-Greater Danbury Community Health Center)
11.6.18 New Haven Independent — The Dentist Comes to School
State Health News
12.4.18
New Haven Independent —
Farwell Questions Primary Care Move’s Impact on Poor
12.3.18 Hartford Courant — Bypassed Generation – Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Born to Addicted Parents
12.3.18 CT NewsJunkie — Op-Ed – Clinic Plan Could Hit State Budget, Raise Patient Costs, Increase Barriers to Access
11.29.18 New Haven Register — Yale to Offer Emergency Contraception Via Vending Machine
11.29.18 CT NewsJunkie — Op-Ed – Concerns over Teen Vaping on the Rise
11.28.18 Hartford Business Journal — UConn Health to Give Up Facility Fees for Skin Cancer Treatment
11.27.18 Hartford Courant — New Britain’s Reason for New Approach to Drug Addiction: “We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of This”
11.26.18 Hartford Business Journal — As Aging Population Boosts Demand for Orthopedic Care, Hospitals & Others Bet Big on New Outpatient Facilities
11.26.18 Hartford Courant — Recreational Marijuana Stokes Concerns About Youth Substance Abuse
11.26.18 Hartford Courant — Op-Ed – Clinic Plan Could Jeopardize Abortion Access
11.24.18 CT Health Policy Project Blog — Public Hearing on Yale New Haven Primary Care Plan This Week
11.20.18 CT Mirror — Lawmakers, Malloy Administration Wrangle Over Telemedicine
11.20.18 CT Health Policy Project Blog — Disability Advocates Register Concern with SIM Primary Care Capitation Plan
11.16.18 CT Viewpoints — Pledging to Be Part of the Opioid Solution
11.16.18 Hartford Business Journal — Hartford Healthcare Expands Eastern CT Presence
11.15.18 Meriden Record-Journal — Parents Sue Over State Directive to School Nurses on Insulin Dosing
11.15.18 CT NewsJunkie — Malloy Administration Recommends Budget Changes He Was Unable to Get Over Goal Line
11.13.18 WNPR — CT’s Older Housing Stock – A Lead Poisoning Risk?
11.13.18 CT By the Numbers — State Sets Goals to Improve Oral Health, Already Third in Nation
11.12.18 Hartford Business Journal — Study – Greater Hartford Health Care Prices On Par With National Average
11.11.18 New Haven Register — $3.68 Million Grant Brightens Health Outlook for 6 New Haven Communities
11.8.18 CT Health I-Team — Post 9/11 Veterans Suffering From PTSD And Nation’s Indifference
12.3.18 Hartford Courant — Bypassed Generation – Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Born to Addicted Parents
12.3.18 CT NewsJunkie — Op-Ed – Clinic Plan Could Hit State Budget, Raise Patient Costs, Increase Barriers to Access
11.29.18 New Haven Register — Yale to Offer Emergency Contraception Via Vending Machine
11.29.18 CT NewsJunkie — Op-Ed – Concerns over Teen Vaping on the Rise
11.28.18 Hartford Business Journal — UConn Health to Give Up Facility Fees for Skin Cancer Treatment
11.27.18 Hartford Courant — New Britain’s Reason for New Approach to Drug Addiction: “We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of This”
11.26.18 Hartford Business Journal — As Aging Population Boosts Demand for Orthopedic Care, Hospitals & Others Bet Big on New Outpatient Facilities
11.26.18 Hartford Courant — Recreational Marijuana Stokes Concerns About Youth Substance Abuse
11.26.18 Hartford Courant — Op-Ed – Clinic Plan Could Jeopardize Abortion Access
11.24.18 CT Health Policy Project Blog — Public Hearing on Yale New Haven Primary Care Plan This Week
11.20.18 CT Mirror — Lawmakers, Malloy Administration Wrangle Over Telemedicine
11.20.18 CT Health Policy Project Blog — Disability Advocates Register Concern with SIM Primary Care Capitation Plan
11.16.18 CT Viewpoints — Pledging to Be Part of the Opioid Solution
11.16.18 Hartford Business Journal — Hartford Healthcare Expands Eastern CT Presence
11.15.18 Meriden Record-Journal — Parents Sue Over State Directive to School Nurses on Insulin Dosing
11.15.18 CT NewsJunkie — Malloy Administration Recommends Budget Changes He Was Unable to Get Over Goal Line
11.13.18 WNPR — CT’s Older Housing Stock – A Lead Poisoning Risk?
11.13.18 CT By the Numbers — State Sets Goals to Improve Oral Health, Already Third in Nation
11.12.18 Hartford Business Journal — Study – Greater Hartford Health Care Prices On Par With National Average
11.11.18 New Haven Register — $3.68 Million Grant Brightens Health Outlook for 6 New Haven Communities
11.8.18 CT Health I-Team — Post 9/11 Veterans Suffering From PTSD And Nation’s Indifference
Health Insurance / Health Reform News
12.6.18
NY Times —
Why is Obamacare Enrollment Down?
12.5.18 Kaiser Health News — Without Obamacare Penalty, Think It’ll Be Nice to Drop Your Plan? Think Twice
11.30.18 CT NewsJunkie — Enrollment in Access Health CT Ahead of Last Year’s Pace
11.30.18 Governing — Trump Administration Gives States New Ways to Rewrite Obamacare
11.30.18 Hawaii News Now — In “Game Changer,” Hawaii Given Approval to Use Medicaid Dollars to Help Chronically Homeless
11.29.18 Kaiser Health News — Number of Uninsured Kids Rose for First Time This Decade
11.26.18 Governing — How a Tiny Office in Ohio is Transforming Health Care
11.20.18 CT Viewpoints — CVS Caremark’s Misguided Cost Effectiveness Model Has the Potential to Harm Patients
11.20.18 Kaiser Health News — Buyers of Short-Term Health Plans – Wise or Shortsighted?
11.16.18 CT NewsJunkie — Access Health Opposes Proposed Abortion Billing Rule
11.15.18 CT NewsJunkie — Access Health Enrollment Off to a Steady Start
11.8.18 CT Mirror — Trump Administration Proposes New Rule Requiring Separate Premium Bills for Abortion Coverage
11.8.18 Hartford Business Journal — CVS Provides More Hints of Reimagined Health Care Post-Aetna Merger
11.7.18 Governing — What the Midterms Mean for Health Care
11.6.18 CT Viewpoints — America’s Health Care 2018: Your Call Does Not Matter
12.5.18 Kaiser Health News — Without Obamacare Penalty, Think It’ll Be Nice to Drop Your Plan? Think Twice
11.30.18 CT NewsJunkie — Enrollment in Access Health CT Ahead of Last Year’s Pace
11.30.18 Governing — Trump Administration Gives States New Ways to Rewrite Obamacare
11.30.18 Hawaii News Now — In “Game Changer,” Hawaii Given Approval to Use Medicaid Dollars to Help Chronically Homeless
11.29.18 Kaiser Health News — Number of Uninsured Kids Rose for First Time This Decade
11.26.18 Governing — How a Tiny Office in Ohio is Transforming Health Care
11.20.18 CT Viewpoints — CVS Caremark’s Misguided Cost Effectiveness Model Has the Potential to Harm Patients
11.20.18 Kaiser Health News — Buyers of Short-Term Health Plans – Wise or Shortsighted?
11.16.18 CT NewsJunkie — Access Health Opposes Proposed Abortion Billing Rule
11.15.18 CT NewsJunkie — Access Health Enrollment Off to a Steady Start
11.8.18 CT Mirror — Trump Administration Proposes New Rule Requiring Separate Premium Bills for Abortion Coverage
11.8.18 Hartford Business Journal — CVS Provides More Hints of Reimagined Health Care Post-Aetna Merger
11.7.18 Governing — What the Midterms Mean for Health Care
11.6.18 CT Viewpoints — America’s Health Care 2018: Your Call Does Not Matter
National / Other Health News
12.10.18
NPR —
We’re Fighting for our Lives – Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices
12.10.18 NY Times — Hospital-Acquired Infections are Declining
12.9.18 NPR — For One Rural Community, Fighting Addiction Started With Recruiting the Right Doctor
12.6.18 AP — Report – US Health Spending Hits $3.5 Trillion, But Growth Slows
12.6.18 WNPR — School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction
12.4.18 Governing — Trump’s New Immigration Rule Could Threaten Health Care for 6.8 Million Children Who Are US Citizens
12.3.18 NPR — The Growing Number of Suicides is Dragging Down US Life Expectancy
11.26.18 Kaiser Health News — Overshadowed by Opioids, Meth is Back and Hospitalizations Surge
11.25.18 NY Times — This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?
11.21.18 StatNews — Senators Press Insurers for Reams of Pricing and Rebate Info on Insulin
11.20.18 CT Viewpoints — Street Fentanyl – Five Dollars Per Death
11.16.18 NY Times — When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More
11.15.18 NY Times — FDA Seeks Restrictions on Teens’ Access to Flavored e-Cigarettes and a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
11.13.18 Kaiser Health News — An Underused Strategy for a Surge in STDs – Treat Patients’ Partners Without a Doctor Visit
11.10.18 Kaiser Health News — Fish Oil and Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer or Serious Heart Trouble
11.10.18 USA Today — FDA to Limit Sale of Sweet-Flavored e-Cigarettes in Hope of Curbing Teen Vaping Epidemic
11.9.18 Kaiser Health News — New Contractor For Food Stamps Upsets Cart For Farmers Markets
11.6.18 Governing — Giving More Women the Choice Not to Get Pregnant
12.10.18 NY Times — Hospital-Acquired Infections are Declining
12.9.18 NPR — For One Rural Community, Fighting Addiction Started With Recruiting the Right Doctor
12.6.18 AP — Report – US Health Spending Hits $3.5 Trillion, But Growth Slows
12.6.18 WNPR — School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction
12.4.18 Governing — Trump’s New Immigration Rule Could Threaten Health Care for 6.8 Million Children Who Are US Citizens
12.3.18 NPR — The Growing Number of Suicides is Dragging Down US Life Expectancy
11.26.18 Kaiser Health News — Overshadowed by Opioids, Meth is Back and Hospitalizations Surge
11.25.18 NY Times — This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?
11.21.18 StatNews — Senators Press Insurers for Reams of Pricing and Rebate Info on Insulin
11.20.18 CT Viewpoints — Street Fentanyl – Five Dollars Per Death
11.16.18 NY Times — When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More
11.15.18 NY Times — FDA Seeks Restrictions on Teens’ Access to Flavored e-Cigarettes and a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
11.13.18 Kaiser Health News — An Underused Strategy for a Surge in STDs – Treat Patients’ Partners Without a Doctor Visit
11.10.18 Kaiser Health News — Fish Oil and Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer or Serious Heart Trouble
11.10.18 USA Today — FDA to Limit Sale of Sweet-Flavored e-Cigarettes in Hope of Curbing Teen Vaping Epidemic
11.9.18 Kaiser Health News — New Contractor For Food Stamps Upsets Cart For Farmers Markets
11.6.18 Governing — Giving More Women the Choice Not to Get Pregnant
