Let's do more of what works.

And in health care, three years ago the CT legislature asked HUSKY (Connecticut's Medicaid program to provide health care coverage to low-income children and adults) to pilot a program called Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) that has demonstrated significant cost savings in other parts of the county.  The idea is simple: remove private insurance companies and instead people on HUSKY covered by PCCM receive care coordination through their primary care physicians.  The state pays providers $7.50/month to cover the cost of coordinating care, and patients get the benefit of working closely with their doctors and not facing limits on care based on health insurance providers trying to manage their costs.