Health Reform Cabinet meeting

The highlight of last week’s Health Reform Cabinet was a report by Frances Padilla of the Universal Health Care Foundation of CT, Co-Chair of the Business Plan Development Committee, outlining efforts to develop option(s) to offer quality, affordable health benefits to individuals and small businesses, possibly including a public option. The Committee is also Co-Chaired by OPM Secretary Ben Barnes and Nancy Yedlin of the Donaghue Foundation and is currently gathering and analyzing data on CT’s insurance market, competitiveness, consumer needs and other states’ models. The next meeting of the Business Plan Committee is Monday Jan. 23rd at 3pm.