January 29, 2015
Lawmakers Seek To Repeal Sales Tax On Diapers
by Cara Rosner | January 29, 2015 5:30am
Two Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation seeking to exempt baby diapers from state sales tax.
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Tags: Kelly Luxenberg, mae flexer, Jeffrey Berger, diapers, sales tax, revenue services, dh
January 15, 2015
Waterbury Hospital Begins Layoffs
by Christine Stuart | January 15, 2015 4:37pm
Waterbury Hospital announced Thursday that it would seek to stabilize its financial condition by eliminating 80 full-time equivalent positions.
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Tags: waterbury hospital, Tenet, Darlene Stromstad, dh
January 13, 2015
Malloy Reaches Out To For-Profit Hospital Chain
by Christine Stuart | January 13, 2015 5:30am
In December, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had little hope that a private hospital chain would come back to the table to buy five Connecticut hospitals, but on Monday he extended an invitation to the CEO of the Texas-based chain to sit down with his chief of staff.
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Tags: Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Darlene Stromstad, Waterbury Hospital, Trevor Fetter, dh
December 24, 2014
Malloy Doubts For-Profit Hospital Chain Will Be Back
by Christine Stuart | December 24, 2014 12:30pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expressed doubt this week that Tenet, the Texas-based for-profit hospital chain that had planned to purchase up to four struggling hospitals in the state, would be coming back to the table.
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Tags: Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Trip Pilgrim, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Darlene Stromstad, Waterbury Hospital, UConn Health Center, dh
December 19, 2014
OP-ED | Collapse Of The Tenet Deal An Ominous Sign
by Terry Cowgill | December 19, 2014 5:30am
The apparent collapse of a deal allowing a for-profit company to buy five hospitals in Connecticut could deal a devastating blow to the patients who depend on those facilities — and to the healthcare access of hundreds of thousands across the state.
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Tags: Tenet Corporation, waterbury hospital, george jepsen, OCHA, hospital conversions, regulations, terry cowgill, dh
December 11, 2014
Tenet Withdraws Plans To Purchase Connecticut Hospitals
by Christine Stuart | December 11, 2014 5:50pm
(Updated 8:55 p.m.) More than a week after regulators gave the thumbs up to Texas-based Tenet Corporation’s takeover of Waterbury Hospital, the private hospital chain announced it was abandoning plans to purchase Waterbury and four other Connecticut hospitals.
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Tags: Tenet Healthcare Corporation, dh
December 2, 2014
Jepsen, Regulators Give Thumbs Up To Waterbury Hospital Takeover
by Christine Stuart | December 2, 2014 5:30am
(Updated 8:24 a.m.) Attorney General George Jepsen and the Office of Health Care Access gave their blessing Monday to an agreement that allows a Dallas-based, for-profit hospital chain to take over the nonprofit Waterbury Hospital.
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Tags: waterbury hospital, conversion, takeover, George Jepsen, Office of Health Care Access, dh
November 2, 2014
Former Republican Gov. of Puerto Rico Tells Latino Voters To ‘Break The Shackles’
by Christine Stuart | November 2, 2014 4:29am
Former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño told a crowd gathered at Tequilas restaurant in Waterbury Saturday to “break the shackles” of one party rule.
Tags: Luis Fortuño, Tom Foley, Ruben Rodriguez, Latino voters, Puerto Rico, dh
October 27, 2014
ANALYSIS | Moderate Esty Appeals To Liberals, Or Liberal Esty Appeals To Moderates?
by Matt DeRienzo | October 27, 2014 6:30am
On a recent day on the campaign trail, 5th District Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty sat down with the board of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce. She talked about helping businesspeople work through some federal regulations that could be eased for them.
Tags: matt derienzo, Elizabeth Esty, Mark Greenberg, paid sick leave, labor unions, Working Families Party, Lindsay Farrell, dh
October 24, 2014
Unions Continue To Express Concerns Over Hospital Conversions
by Cara Rosner | October 24, 2014 11:49am
A senior official at the Dallas-based corporation trying to buy community hospitals in Bristol, Vernon, Manchester and Waterbury says privatizing them is the best way to keep them viable, but employee representatives have major concerns about the potential buyouts.
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