Connecticut insurance customers and health care advocates on Wednesday urged state regulators to reject proposals to raise rates next year. Continue Reading →
CT insurance customers, advocates urge regulators to reject rate hikes
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Worker illness in Connecticut declines, but still above national average
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Connecticut workers are getting sick on the job slightly less often than in recent years, but still more frequently than the national average, according to a new state report. The state had a 6 percent higher rate of occupational illness than the average national level, ranking 15th highest out of 41 states. Continue Reading →
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Study: 24 percent of Hartford area residents have pre-existing health problem
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WASHINGTON – Nearly one-in-four residents of the Hartford metropolitan area have a pre-existing medical condition that might make it difficult for them to obtain insurance coverage for that illness if a key provision in the Affordable Care Act is overturned, a new study says.
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Filed under: Health Care, Politics, Washington, Affordable Care Act, Brett Kavanaugh, Chris Murphy, Donald Trump, Hartford metropolitan area
STDs reach record levels in CT, early data show
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Connecticut and the rest of the nation last year experienced a record-high number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases, including gonorrhea, which health officials fear may be becoming more resistant to antibiotic treatment. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health Care, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia, Connecticut Department of Public Health, DPH, Dr. Lynn Sosa, gonorrhea
Eight new conditions approved for CT’s medical marijuana program
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The legislature’s Regulations Review Committee approved the addition of eight new conditions to the medical marijuana program on Tuesday. The eight apply to all adults, but only two of those conditions are allowed for those under 18. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health Care, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, DCP, medical marijuana program
Senate backs White House on effort to require drug prices in ads
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The U.S. Senate gave consumers – along with doctors, hospitals, and Connecticut’s health insurers — a win by approving bipartisan legislation that would require “direct-to-consumer” advertising to include the price of the medications, which are among the costliest on the market. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health Care, Politics, Washington, AMA, Connecticut Medical Society, direct-to-consumer drug ads, Donald Trump, drug prices
Religious conservatives’ ties to Trump pay off in AIDS policies, funding
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Evangelical activist Shepherd Smith has spent more than three decades cultivating relationships with leading AIDS researchers and policymakers to promote abstinence-only sex education. Those connections now could influence government programs and funding within the Trump administration. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health Care, Washington
State warns of increased West Nile virus risk, especially for elderly
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While state experts are warning residents of an increased risk of West Nile virus infection right now, a UConn Health doctor is stressing that it’s rare for people infected with the virus to develop symptoms, let alone to develop a serious illness. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health Care, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Connecticut Department of Public Health, DPH, Dr. Henry Feder Jr., mosquitoes, Theodore Andreadis, UConn Health
CT to pay former inmate $1.3M after claims of improper medical treatment
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The state has agreed to pay $1.3 million to a former inmate, who claimed correctional staff delayed identifying and properly treating his skin cancer, despite his rapidly deteriorating condition while incarcerated. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Civil and criminal justice, Health Care, Carrie World, CMHC, Commissioner Scott Semple, Correctional Managed Health Care, Department of Correction, DOC
Trump drug czar nominee meets with CT officials after K2 crisis
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President Donald Trump’s nominee for “drug czar” visited New Haven on Monday, prompted by the massive medical emergency caused by the synthetic cannabinoid K2, to discuss the ongoing and deadly addiction epidemic that continues to grip Connecticut. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Civil and criminal justice, Health Care, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug czar, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Jim Carroll, K2
CT overdose death increase exceeds most other New England states
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As New Haven grappled Thursday for the second straight day with a drug overdose crisis, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Connecticut’s rise in overdose deaths in 2017 was much higher than all but one other New England state. Continue Reading →
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Wade: State law bars sale of Trump’s ‘junk’ short-term health plans
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The Connecticut Insurance Department has determined state law prohibits the sale of skimpy “short term” plans that are being promoted by President Donald Trump as a cheaper alternative to Affordable Care Act coverage. “Connecticut already has the necessary statutory consumer protections in place to prohibit ‘junk plans,’” said Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health Care, Politics, Washington, Affordable Care Act, Connecticut Insurance Department, Donald Trump, essential benefits, Katharine Wade
First human milk depot to open in Greater Hartford this month
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John Dempsey Hospital will open the first human milk depot in the Greater Hartford region on Aug. 30, giving moms with an oversupply of breast milk a local place to donate. Continue Reading →
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Panel: Women would retain right to abortion in CT if Roe v. Wade is overturned
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If the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established women’s constitutional right to abortion were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, women would still have that right in Connecticut where it was codified into law decades ago, participants in a state discussion panel said Wednesday. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health Care, abortion, ACLU of Connecticut, Brett Kavanaugh, Claudine Fox, crisis pregnancy centers, family planning care, Health Equity Solutions
Blumenthal urges Wade to ban or restrict short-term health plans
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., has called on Connecticut’s insurance commissioner to ban or restrict, as other states have, short-term health insurance plans recently promoted by the Trump administration. Continue Reading →