Cynthia Caro is a social worker in a city where children are severely affected by drug abuse and poverty. Twenty years on the job, she hopes to someday find a magic wand that will enable her to give her kids in foster care all the support she thinks they need and deserve. Now, under a new court order, the Department of Children and Families is moving to hire an additional 120 social workers by the end of May. Ahead of this influx, Caro sat down at her office in New Britain for a Sunday Conversation about what it’s been like being a social worker in Connecticut.
February 4, 2018 @ 5:05 am
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Oh, what a state (of the union) we’re in
The state of the union is strong, President Donald Trump announced last Tuesday; but in both Connecticut and Washington, D.C., there was considerable debate about that. The big issue of the week here was the state’s transportation network – or more precisely, the lack of money to repair or improve it.
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As states target drug prices, Pharma targets lawmakers
With federal officials seemingly unwilling or unable to come up with legislation to control skyrocketing drug prices, that task is increasingly moving to the states. But so is pharma muscle and money opposing the measures, regulatory disclosures and corporate filings from the last two years show.
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Idaho ‘pushing envelope’ with health insurance plan. Can it do that?
Idaho says it will allow insurers to ignore some ACA rules on plans not sold on the marketplace, aiming to make these state-based plans less costly.