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Democrats outline three scenarios to save $2.8 billion
Emphasizing that they do not endorse the cuts, the Appropriations Committee described the types of cuts necessary to fill the…
Health Care Advocate’s Office saved CT patients $5.07 for every $1 spent on the office last year
The annual report of our state Office of Healthcare Advocate (OHA) describes the importance of this office and what CT…
US Supreme Court rejects federal pre-emption of state law in VT drug case
In a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court Wednesday held that federal law does not pre-empt the right of…
How to live to 101
Susan Campbell’s column in yesterday’s Courant highlighted Mary Labieniec, age 101 from Kensington. Mary shares her eleven tips to a…
Inside the LOB
As a volunteer with the Public Health Committee for the past couple of weeks I’ve witnessed the hard work done…
Health care reform hearings
Despite the weather, the Human Services, Public Health and Insurance committees heard several health reform bills yesterday. The two that…
People rushing doctor appointments before they lose their job
The Hartford Courant this morning is reporting that people worried about layoffs are hurrying to schedule doctor and dentist appointments…
Health care forum at the LOB
Yesterday’s health care forum started with a strong presentation of the SustiNet proposal by Juan Figueroa of the Universal Health…
Deficit mitigation plan passes; Eliminates Medicaid payments for never events
Early this morning the General Assembly passed HB 6602, a bill to fill the billion dollar budget gap in the…