March 6, 2012
Disciplined Docs Reap Drug Company Benefits
by Lisa Chedekel | March 6, 2012 12:30pm
In 2010, as state health officials were investigating allegations that Dr. Gerson Sternstein of Berlin was overmedicating patients, three pharmaceutical companies were showering thousands of dollars on the psychiatrist for meals and speaking engagements. Some of the payments continued even after his license was suspended in August 2010.
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March 1, 2012
Mission of Mercy Announces Free Dental Clinic Dates
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | March 1, 2012 11:00am
The Connecticut Mission of Mercy announced Wednesday it will hold its annual two-day free dental clinic at the O’Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University on March 23 and 24.
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Tags: health care, Mission of Mercy, dental, volunteering, Medicaid
February 27, 2012
CT Tea Party Tackles More Than Taxes
by Hugh McQuaid | February 27, 2012 3:58pm
The Connecticut Tea Party movement changed course and ventured into the realm of social issues Monday at a rally commemorating the third anniversary of its formation.
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Tags: Tea Party, Peter Wolfgang, Martha Dean, Obama, mandates, Catholic Church
February 14, 2012
Love Ambushes Governor’s Office
by Christine Stuart | February 14, 2012 9:44pm
Rev. Joshua Pawelek and the Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care asks Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, where’s the love for health care? More than 20 health care advocates delivered Valentines Day cards to the governor asking him to support a consumer friendly approach to health care.
February 9, 2012
Malloy’s Proposal To ‘Gut’ Medicaid For Low Income Adults Will Face Opposition
by Christine Stuart | February 9, 2012 6:30am
Health care advocates and lawmakers alike are panning Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to reduce spending on a Medicaid program for low income adults. Critics say it’s a maneuver to limit health coverage for poor people that they may have expected from a Republican administration, but not from a Democrat.
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Tags: Medicaid, health care, gut, Malloy, budget, safety net, Roderick Bremby
February 1, 2012
Lawmakers Face Tough Policy Decisions On Basic Health Plan
by Christine Stuart | February 1, 2012 12:00pm
Over the next few months the legislature will have to tackle some tough policy questions about whether to create a State Basic Health Plan for about 74,000 low income adults, who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
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Tags: State Basic Health Plan, insurance exchange, Jane McNicol, Peter Tercyak, health benefits
January 31, 2012
Hospital Errors Persist, State Probes Rare
by Lisa Chedekel | January 31, 2012 11:30am
Incidents of pressure ulcers, wrong-site surgeries and other surgical errors reported by Connecticut hospitals have increased in the last five years, despite myriad efforts to curb them, a new state report shows.
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January 30, 2012
Community Providers Want a Modernized Social Safety Net
by Hugh McQuaid | January 30, 2012 4:00pm
The Connecticut Community Providers Association called on the state Monday to modernize its “frayed” social safety net, which has suffered from years of flat funding and increased costs.
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Tags: community providers, rescission, social safety net, unfunded mandates, Hugh McQuaid
January 27, 2012
One Month After Stroke, Prague Is Back To Work
by Hugh McQuaid | January 27, 2012 3:32pm
A month after suffering a minor stroke on Christmas, Sen. Edith Prague was back at the state Capitol Friday in good health and telling reporters she’d be running for re-election.
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Tags: prague, stroke, nursing homes, home care, Hugh McQuaid
January 25, 2012
Teen Births: Nearly One-Half To Hispanics
by Magaly Olivero | January 25, 2012 12:30pm
Yanisha Claudio, 15, of Hartford, tenderly swaddled three-week-old Jordan, hoping he wouldn’t wake up. “He was crying until four o’clock in the morning,” said the weary Bulkeley High School freshman.
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