In fact, we know very little at all about the state employee plan – basics like the costs of care per member, how many people are readmitted to the hospital after discharge, and how many had a preventable emergency room visit or hospitalization. We know all these things about Connecticut’s Medicaid program, which is also funded by taxpayers, but is fully disclosed and publicly available online. We know more about private insurance in Connecticut than the state employee plan. Meetings of the Cost Containment Committee that oversees the state employee plan routinely go into non-public executive session very quickly after convening. Most reports and important decisions are made outside the public’s view.