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Sen. Frankin stars at Families conference
In describing opponents of health care reform, Minnesota Senator Al Frankin reminded advocates at yesterday’s Families USA conference of a…
Second wind for health care reform
My second day of visiting Capitol offices found mainly optimism and people really taking a breather. The President’s State of…
Capitol Hill visit – What about reform?
I’m spending this week at the Families USA pre-conference meeting of advocates from across the states. We thought we’d be…
SustiNet workforce and medical home webinars scheduled
Three SustiNet webinars have been scheduled to date; all are available to the public to participate.The first is February 2nd…
Cheshire/ Wallingford LWV health care forum features Congressman Murphy
There were concerns that Saturday’s forum on health care might get ugly, but thankfully everyone stuck to the issues –…
United Health Group profits up 30%
Rising unemployment, and consequent rising uninsurance, reduced United Health Group’s lucrative commercial enrollment by almost a million people compared to…
I found my blog – finally
Most days I have no trouble figuring out what to write about here, but today I searched and searched. Believe…
Obesity and Tobacco Forum
The CT Public Policy Institute held a forum at the Capitol yesterday on the scope of obesity and tobacco issues…
If national health reform happens, how will it affect CT?
Passage of a national health reform bill appears uncertain. However under any scenario, if it happens, Medicaid will expand significantly.…