The practice of hospital corporations billing patients out-of- pocket for what all physicians have always negotiated as part of their cost of providing medical care is patently unfair and should be declared immoral and illegal and stopped immediately.

Irresponsible statements made by some of our Republican elected officials, in essence echoing Donald Trump’s big sweat to open up the country, are dangerous to Connecticut’s citizens.
They create unnecessary political theater at a time when our leaders need to be giving serious bipartisan thought to the science of slowing and eventually stopping the disease. They also present possible false hope to many citizens who need to weigh their ultimate health (or life) with the need to earn a living.