St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford is joining Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s network for plans sold through the state’s health insurance exchange. The timing is important for Anthem, which could sever ties with Hartford Hospital’s parent company next week.
September 2014
Posted inHealth
A Nobel Prize candidate at CT’s Jackson Lab?
The director of The Jackson Laboratory’s Connecticut institute, an influential researcher, has landed on a list of likely Nobel Prize winners.
Posted inPolitics
Rowland scheduled for sentencing on Inauguration Day
Senior U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton has rescheduled the sentencing of former Gov. John G. Rowland for 10 a.m. on Jan. 7, casting a shadow over the opening of the General Assembly and the inauguration of the governor. A few political leaders say they hope the sentencing is changed.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Op-Ed: In again! Out again! A need for more equitable schools
McTighe and Wiggins, proponents of ‘backwards curriculum-design’ popular among teaching communities, refer to the importance of asking essential questions. The best ones, they argue, are perennial and enduring. They weather turbulent roads – Gordian knots – and are open-ended, thought provoking, and intellectually engaging. Since beginning a teaching career in 1995, I’ve found myself revisiting […]
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Op-Ed: In again! Out again! A need for more equitable schools
McTighe and Wiggins, proponents of ‘backwards curriculum-design’ popular among teaching communities, refer to the importance of asking essential questions. The best ones, they argue, are perennial and enduring. They weather turbulent roads – Gordian knots – and are open-ended, thought provoking, and intellectually engaging. Since beginning a teaching career in 1995, I’ve found myself revisiting […]
Posted inEducation, Politics
Foley’s urban agenda: something borrowed, something new
In the first extensive public policy press conference of his second run for governor, Republican Tom Foley released an urban agenda Wednesday that echoes or revises long-tried policies on crime and jobs, while imposing a strict “marketplace” standard on failing urban schools.
Posted inHealth, Politics
Special report: Serving Connecticut’s Veterans
As a national scandal over long waits for medical appointments engulfed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs this spring, The Mirror began to explore questions about how well the VA was serving Connecticut’s vets. We examined the wait times for care at VA facilities here; whether post-scandal reforms and budget increases will lead to better, more timely care; and whether the VA is making progress in preventing veteran suicides, a plague the agency has been grappling with for years. These issues are explored today in three stories, and in a video in which some veterans and their caregivers talk intimately about the struggles they face.
Posted inNews
New reforms aim to fix problems in CT veterans care
WASHINGTON – Connecticut veterans will likely benefit from a new law designed to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, even though some of the changes will be slow in coming and problems are expected to continue to hamper the system.
Posted inHealth
Suicide by veterans remains a daunting problem as VA struggles to improve care
Connecticut has one of the lowest rates of veteran suicide in the nation, but the situation remains daunting. While there’s evidence some progress has been made, the state’s veterans commit suicide at nearly twice the rate of non-vets.
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Documentary: Veterans’ Voices
Hear Connecticut veterans talk about their struggles with mental health and homelessness and see where they turn for help.
Posted inHealth
A refuge and a resource for veterans
At one Connecticut community college, student veterans and a professor who volunteers her time are trying to fill in the concrete gaps and less tangible needs returning service members face. It’s part hangout, part support group, part oasis where you can talk without having to explain yourself.
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Graphic: Allocation of supportive housing vouchers for veterans, by state
A total of 58,155 Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers were allocated between FY 2008 and FY 2013.
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Graphic: Veteran population ratio, by state
Veterans make up about 6.5 percent of the U.S. population, and about 7.3 percent of the Connecticut population, according to projections from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
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Graphic: Homeless vets, by the numbers
In 2013, 777 Connecticut veterans spent time in emergency shelter and 214 spent time in transitional housing.
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Graphic: Veteran suicides, state-by-state
In 2005, veterans made up 10% of Connecticut’s population — but committed 18% of suicides.