Our Health Coverage
Stories about health care access and affordability in Connecticut, as well as abortion, COVID-19, health equity and disparities, health systems and social determinants of health.
Trump’s environmental policies mean dirtier air for CT
CT’s air quality had improved over 50 years of increasingly rigorous federal regulations and enforcement. That progress is now under assault.
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For-profit Prospect Medical never put aside money for malpractice insurance
The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.
Medicaid uncertainty looms over new CT hospital tax deal talks
As the hospital industry seeks a new multiyear financial arrangement with CT, both are threatened by huge cuts in federal Medicaid assistance.
In CT’s Black community, advocates combat organ donation myths
Historic mistrust of the medical system often makes donation discussions sensitive in Black communities. Advocates are trying to change that.
UConn Health to take over DCF-run psychiatric facility
The UConn Health board approved a plan to take over adolescent psychiatric services at DCF-run Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center.
What to know about Lamont’s plan to expand CT vaccine authority
Gov. Ned Lamont said the bill would expand CT’s authority over vaccine policy amid “mixed messages” at the federal level.
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