by Zachary Janowski | Apr 1, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care, State Budget
The University of Connecticut Health Center malpractice account is underfunded with only enough money to cover one-third of the estimated claims against the state-owned hospital. Two years ago, this underfunding would have been illegal. The state required the health...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 30, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care, Taxes & Spending
SustiNet, the ambitious state plan to bring everyone with state-purchased insurance under one umbrella organization, will cost at least $62 million, according to a study funded by the state’s insurance companies. The report, completed by Hay Group of Arlington,...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 22, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care, Taxes & Spending
A fertility clinic affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center mistakenly implanted one woman with another woman’s fertilized embryo in 2009, but the doctor who runs the clinic still earned more than $800,000 last year making him the fifth highest-paid...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 4, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care
A revised draft of the SustiNet bill (HB 6305) appears to exempt the government-run insurance company – or public option – created by the legislation from state insurance regulations. The draft, which is not public yet, appears to address concerns raised by Office of...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 28, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care
The board of the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut may be more concerned about its own health than the health of Connecticut residents. The foundation gave more than $1.1 million dollars in grants to organizations affiliated with its own board members...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 14, 2011 | Features, General, Health Care
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget office submitted written testimony to a public hearing on the SutiNet bill Monday cautioning that it could be an obstacle to federal health care reform in Connecticut and impair the governor’s ability to manage the state budget. Ben Barnes,...
