Advocates want CT to expand coverage to residents 18 and under regardless of immigration status, but budget constraints present a challenge.
Jenna Carlesso
Jenna is The Connecticut Mirror’s health reporter, focusing on access, affordability, equity, and disparities. Before joining the CT Mirror, she was a reporter at The Hartford Courant for 10 years, where she covered government in the capital city with a focus on corruption, theft of taxpayer funds, and ethical violations. Her work has prompted reforms on health care and government oversight, helped erase medical debt for Connecticut residents, and led to the indictments of developers in a major state project. She is the recipient of a National Press Foundation award for a four-part series she co-authored on gaps in Connecticut’s elder care system.
Complaint backlog at CT nursing homes, hospitals is years long
The CT Department of Public Health has 2,400 unaddressed complaints about nursing homes and 1,300 about hospitals. Some date back to 2019.
Fix or nix? CT’s ‘certificate of need’ law under scrutiny
CT legislators are considering at least four bills that would make varying degrees of changes to the process.
Few details about Prospect Medical’s $12 million tax cut
A tax break extended to Prospect Medical Holdings will be paid back, top CT officials said, though details were few.
CT approves Prospect Medical-YNHH deal, paving the way for sale
The sale of three Prospect Medical-owned hospitals can proceed after CT approved YNHH’s certificate of need. But the deal is still in danger.
CT officials, advocates condemn Supreme Court abortion pill case
CT leaders and reproductive rights advocates denounced a U.S. Supreme Court case that could curb access to the abortion pill Mifepristone.
‘Up in flames’: CT insurance committee advances no bills
Thursday’s deadline for the committee to advance bills went by with no votes on legislation this session, a failure that drew concerns.
Bill would protect those at religious hospitals who offer care info
CT providers who give information about reproductive health at religious hospitals could not be dismissed or penalized for it under the bill.
CT lawmakers aim to help hospitals fight cyberattacks
Under the bill, CT would provide resources to health care facilities in the event of a cyberattack to help reduce operational disruptions.
Lawmakers push for more transparency in nursing home spending
Connecticut lawmakers want to scrutinize more closely how nursing facilities are spending millions of dollars in Medicaid funds.
CT Prospect patients, staff plead for YNHH sale in emails to Lamont
Gov. Ned Lamont has received more than 100 messages from residents and workers about the sale of the three CT hospitals.
CT elder care bill gets mixed support from advocates, officials
Home care and nursing home industry leaders had cautious support for a sweeping bill that would overhaul aspects of CT’s elder care sector.
What if a local hospital goes broke? CT lacks receivership authority
The Office of Health Strategy said CT does not have a direct path to take over hospitals through receivership, as it has with nursing homes.
CT lawmakers unveil bill overhauling aspects of elder care sector
The bill includes more oversight of CT home care workers and would create a way to speed up the process for accessing Medicaid, among other things.
Nuvance hospital system to merge with Northwell Health
Nuvance Health, owner of four hospitals in CT, will merge with New York-based Northwell Health, which owns 20 hospitals.