FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Jennifer Hahn 914.419.1467 December 29, 2010 Nathan Boltseridge 541.231.3996 Public Release to State Officials Planned for January 2011 Hartford, CT—The SustiNet Health Partnership Board of Directors – co-chaired by Nancy Wyman, State Comptroller and Lieutenant Governor-elect, and During the meeting, Board members and consultants shared their final draft of recommendations that provide a detailed roadmap for further implementation of the policy vision embodied in 2009 state legislation. “The Governor-elect and I are committed to make Currently, the “We’ve estimated that the combination of federal health care reform and SustiNet will save During an intensive sixteen month process Connecticut citizen/experts— including physicians and other health professionals, organized labor, small business leaders, members of faith communities and individuals with specific expertise in employee health benefits, actuarial science, information technology and racial and ethnic disparities in health care—participated in advisory committees and task forces. These volunteer committees examined current public health challenges such as obesity and smoking cessation, health care delivery systems, payment reforms and electronic medical records. The SustiNet Board reviewed these reports and created recommendations that also drew from expert resource and staffing models, as well as input from the public. The recommendations call for improving how health care resources are managed and fully implementing federal health care reform to achieve several goals: The recommendations were overwhelmingly approved by a vote of seven board members in favor with two absent and one opposed. Wyman and Lembo also voted in favor of the proposal. In all, the Board held 20 meetings and three briefing/feedback sessions that were all open the public and attended by ordinary citizens, news media and interest group representatives. To learn more about SustiNet or to access transcripts and recordings of the Board’s meetings and briefings, please visit www.ct.gov/SustiNet. |