Connecticut Mirror budget reporter Keith M. Phaneuf and Mirror health care reporter Arielle Levin Becker discuss the changing climate facing Connecticut hospitals and how they cope with rising taxes, the for-profit market and Obamacare.
Keith has spent most of his four decades as a reporter specializing in state government finances, analyzing such topics as income tax equity, waste in government and the complex funding systems behind Connecticut’s transportation and social services networks. He has been the state finances reporter at CT Mirror since it launched in 2010. Prior to joining CT Mirror Keith was State Capitol bureau chief for The Journal Inquirer of Manchester, a reporter for the Day of New London, and a former contributing writer to The New York Times. Keith is a graduate of and a former journalism instructor at the University of Connecticut.
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