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Visit our website January 24, 2016 Something in the Water... #SDOH Pregnant women and children who drank the city’s water from April 2014 to October 2015 were exposed to lead. Flint’s water crisis has made national news and is a hot topic on many social media platforms (follow #FlintWaterCrisis). Pouring over articles and videos throughout the day took me back to my public health background — this is a complete public/population/community health nightmare.   Read More Why Consolidation in the Hospital and Insurance Industries is Hurting us Like huge sumo wrestlers circling each other, the insurance industry and the hospital industry are each fighting to protect their plans to consolidate, while combating the merger efforts of their opponent. Watch Video The First Phase of Health Care Cost Transparency in CT Cost transparency in health care was one of the issues addressed in Connecticut’s new health care law passed last year. What does this even mean? Read More Achieving Transformational Change:  What can Connecticut Learn from Other States?  If “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” then hopefully states like Maryland, Vermont, Rhode Island and Oregon will soon feel very flattered by Connecticut. Read more Editorial: Connecticut lawmakers should continue fight to end facility fees The fees charged by hospitals have long been shrouded in mystery, but as the cost of health care escalates and large health systems buy and control multiple hospitals and physician practices, the facility fees they charge are under intense scrutiny. Read more Key Quote: ““It took no less than five phone calls, and I still never got to the end of the thing.” – Lisa Freeman, Executive Director, Connecticut Center for Patient Safety Read more Follow Friday Facebook Twitter Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut 290 Pratt Street, Meriden, CT 06450 P: 203.639.0550

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