Jun 15, 2026 · 7 min · 5 segments
This is episode 136, "Deprivatization." In this episode, host Joe Sparks cites specific examples where Deprivatization—moving functions from private for-profit organizations to publicly funded…
They did this by terminating contracts with their for-profit managed care organizations, or MCOs, and moving to state-run programs.
Connecticut reports that it has saved more than $4 billion in the intervening 13 years, and its agency administrative overhead continues to fall.
In 2022, they spent $353 million.
That is $42 million in savings.
Patient care also improved when Connecticut dropped the MCOs and deprivatized Medicaid.
Early cancer detection increased by 4.7%, and the cancer survival rate was 8% higher than New Jersey, which kept its privately run Medicaid MCOs.
They did this by terminating contracts with their for-profit managed care organizations, or MCOs, and moving to state-run programs.
Connecticut reports that it has saved more than $4 billion in the intervening 13 years, and its agency administrative overhead continues to fall.
In 2022, they spent $353 million.
That is $42 million in savings.
Patient care also improved when Connecticut dropped the MCOs and deprivatized Medicaid.
Early cancer detection increased by 4.7%, and the cancer survival rate was 8% higher than New Jersey, which kept its privately run Medicaid MCOs.
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