CT’s August Health Reform Dashboard
remains mixed. Medicaid policy development and implementation remains mired in
mistrust, rushing ahead without data, quality problems, and a lack of
transparency while state officials refuse to answer questions. The new state
HIT plan is travelling the same troubled path from the past but thankfully
physicians and others are just getting it done, despite state government. The
state budget remains dreary but ACA repeal and replace efforts were dealt a setback
when the latest bill died in the Senate. In other good news, the Health Care
Cabinet is digging into our work to control drug costs in CT with new
workgroups to develop options. Growing mistrust remains at the core of problems
in CT.
