Last week the Freedom of Information Commission held a
hearing on my request for SIM documents related to their Consumer Advisory
Board’s (CAB’s) votes on appointments to SIM committees. Those committees are
making very important decisions about CT’s $30 billion health care system and ethical
questions have been raised about committee members receiving substantial
SIM grants. I also asked for an opinion about CAB’s
secret meetings to choose those representatives. SIM objected to submitting
my
prepared testimony so it was not allowed. Questions have been raised about
the adequacy of SIM’s response to the FOI request. For example, their response
included only one ballot from voting on the second round of candidates. If that
had been the only vote cast, the outcome would have been different. There are
seventeen CAB members and the FOI response included about a dozen ballots from
voting on the first round of candidates.
