The proposed average rate increase for individual health plans next year is 8.6%, compared to 6.3% in 2021.
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New Haven mayor ‘exploring’ city staff vaccination mandate
New Haven’s mayor is “exploring” a vaccination mandate for city employees, and is encouraging residents to wear masks indoors.
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Fearing staff shortages, nursing homes have resisted vaccine mandates. The Delta variant is changing that.
Eighty-seven percent of Connecticut’s nursing home population has been vaccinated, while 70% percent of the workforce has been immunized.
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Opioid settlement dollars may be harder to divert than CT’s payments from tobacco industry
Healthcare advocates hope CT will dedicate all of its settlement with opioid manufacturers to fight addiction.
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Vaccine incentives are giving way to mandates. Will Connecticut embrace the shift?
As the COVID Delta variant spreads, many private employers, and some public, are moving from vaccine incentives to mandates.
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Lamont sees no need for vaccine mandates, at least for now
As California and New York City moved towards mandating vaccinations, Gov. Ned Lamont worked to voluntarily improve vaccination rates.
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Manisha Juthani is Lamont’s nominee to lead CT Department of Public Health
Dr. Manisha Juthani replaces Renee Coleman-Mitchell, who was fired at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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More children are being vaccinated, but rate of COVID cases continues to climb in Connecticut
Gov. Ned Lamont’s office reported an additional 295 cases Thursday out of 13,270 tests, amounting to a 2.2% positivity rate.
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‘There’s still work to be done:’ Higher staffing target in nursing homes remains elusive
The hurdles to increasing the minimum required hours of direct care: The cost of staffing and finding and keeping workers.
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Senator: $3.5T budget may have to trim but it can set a path to ‘ambitious goals’
Senator negotiating health-related provisions hopes for a complete health care system for older Americans and significantly reduced costs for everyone.
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Help coming for undocumented immigrants trapped in Connecticut hospitals
Gov. Ned Lamont ends cases of what some call “humanitarian incarceration.”
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Connecticut to receive $300 million from settlement with opioid distributors
The deal is part of a larger, $26 billion settlement the companies negotiated with state and local governments.
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Health care workers who aren’t fingerprinted can keep jobs, but are barred from providing direct care
The law is designed to shield patients from would-be staff who have histories of certain violent crimes.
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COVID cases grow as Delta variant takes hold in CT
There were 409 new reported COVID cases Monday, as the Delta variant’s foothold in the state grows stronger.
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CT launches elder justice hotline to combat abuse and neglect
The hotline will link elderly residents to resources to reduce different kinds of abuse, including abandonment and financial exploitation.