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CT pushes for prescription drug price control Julia Bergman FacebookTwitterEmail Connecticut and Massachusetts worked together early in the coronavirus pandemic to institute similar restrictions to keep their residents safe, and later to reopen their economies and lift stay-at-home orders. Now, Govs. Ned Lamont and Charlie Baker are hoping to lead the country in addressing one of the major underlying costs of health care: prescription drug prices. The governors hosted a joint news conference Tuesday to discuss similar legislation they have proposed in their states, which, they said, would pro...

Innovation isn’t helpful if we can’t afford it In response to Paul Pescatello’s opinion, (Connecticut price controls will stifle biopharma innovation), Connecticut residents desperately need the Governor’s bill, HB 6447, to limit out-of-control drug price hikes. The bill isn’t price control; it’s a small step that balances innovation with affordability. Jay Gironimi Anyone who says you can’t put a price on human life hasn’t been to the pharmacy. Drug prices are too high, and those prices are being set not by hopes of therapeutic innovation, but in deference to shareholder valu...

CT lawmakers are considering two health care reforms. Here are the proposals. Jenna Carlesso, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail Gov. Ned Lamont speaks during a news conference in front of St. Vincent’s Medical Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 26, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media With the rising cost of health care a central issue this legislative session, lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration have both moved ahead with their own plans aimed at driving down prices and improving access. Last fall, key Democrats pledged to deliver a sweeping public option bill, and they ...

The governor's budget proposal does not include an expansion of Medicaid.

Lamont unveils plans to reduce cost of health care, cap price of prescription drugs The governor's budget proposal does not include an expansion of Medicaid Gov. Ned Lamont’s health care proposals include a tax on insurance carriers and a limit on cost increases for prescription drugs. Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled two proposals Wednesday aimed at reducing the cost of health care – an annual assessment on insurance carriers that would bring in money for additional subsidies on Connecticut’s insurance exchange, known as Access Health CT, and a plan to limit yearly increases in the cost of pre...