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title: Governor Signs Executive Orders to Reduce Health Care Costs in Connecticut
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# Governor Signs Executive Orders to Reduce Health Care Costs in Connecticut

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Gov. Ned Lamont [recently announced that he has signed two executive orders](https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2020/01-2020/Governor-Lamont-Signs-Executive-Orders-on-Reducing-Healthcare-Costs-for-Connecticut-Residents) that will address health-care costs, primary care spending, and quality of care for individuals, businesses and state government. The orders direct the Office of Health Strategy to establish statewide health-care cost growth and quality benchmarks and a primary care spending target, and the Department of Social Services to improve public transparency of Medicaid costs and quality. Similar benchmarks in Massachusetts have saved health-care consumers more than $5 billion since 2013.

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