CT Is “Hell-Yes’’ On Medicaid

Governors in some of the states with the highest rate of uninsured people – including Louisiana, Texas, and Florida – insist they’ll opt out of the Medicaid expansion offered under the Affordable Care Act – or Obamacare. One political website (Politico.com) calls them the “hell-no” states.

A New Health Care Landscape For Women

Editor’s note: C-HIT debuts a monthly column by writer Susan Campbell. Susan, who worked at the Hartford Courant for more than 25 years, is an accomplished author having published two books including, “Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl,” which won the 2010 Connecticut Book Award for memoirs. We are pleased she’s joining us – writing on issues of health and safety. You’re welcome to weigh in.

CT Consumers: No Easy Access To Health Care Costs

Connecticut consumers don’t have an easy way to find out how much a surgical procedure, an x-ray or a blood test costs.You could spend hours on the phone, calling hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices to compare costs.  Even Hartford Hospital’s new CarePricer, which is designed to make patients’ queries about hospital costs easier, requires a phone call.