Officials at the Board of Regents for Higher Education are asking Robert A. Kennedy to reimburse the system for $2,264 he received for business expenses while he was the president. Officials say the $25,000 provided to him each year should not have covered the cost of items such as $111 for satellite radio, a $250 […]
December 7, 2012
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Exchange CEO: Basic health plan unlikely
Health insurance exchange CEO Kevin Counihan cast doubt Thursday night on the prospects of a concept favored by many supporters of universal health care, the basic health program. Speaking at a panel discussion about the health insurance exchange, Counihan responded to a question on the lack of a public option in the state by saying […]
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Aetna agrees to pay doctors, patients $120 million
Hartford-based Aetna Insurance Co. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed by doctors and patients who say the health insurer used a flawed system to pay claims. The settlement, filed in a New Jersey federal court Friday, requires Aetna to pay affected doctors and policyholders $120 million. The Connecticut State Medical Society, which […]
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Obama asks Congress for $60.4 billion in Sandy disaster aid
President Obama submitted a request to Congress late Friday for $60.4 billion in emergency spending to help the states hit by the Superstorm Sandy. That’s less than the total of about $83 billion the governors of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey had asked for. It’s also likely to be reduced by a deficit-conscious Congress. […]
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Malloy pitches more spending cuts, some revenue to shrink deficit
Hours after inviting Republicans to help devise a bipartisan deficit-mitigation plan, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy offered a “road map” Friday to shave another $243 million off this year’s state budget deficit, again relying most heavily on cuts to social services. The Democratic governor, who insisted that he wouldn’t raise taxes to close the current shortfall, […]
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GOP weighs giving cover to a Democratic governor
The General Assembly’s Republican minority faces a stark choice: Help a Democratic governor shape a politically risky deficit-mitigation plan, or risk being seen as obstructionist or, even worse, irrelevant. By agreeing to come to the table for the start of deficit-reduction talks on Monday, the GOP minority leaders, Rep. Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. of Norwalk […]