Not With The Program

by Paul Bass | March 16, 2006 5:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Does the state Department of Social Services (DSS) report to the governor... or HMOs? Technically, the governor. But it keeps defying the governor -- and the state Freedom of Information Commission (FOIC) -- by helping HMOs keep secret details of how they spend $625 million in administering Connecticut's HUSKY health care program for the poor. So charge advocates who went to the FOIC Thursday to try to force the DSS to abide by a ruling and insist that HMOs make the information public. Click file to read a release and letter to the guv from the advocates. Click here to read DSS's response. Click here to read a letter from the attorney general to DSS's chief about dealings with HMOs. And click here to read her response.