Not all hospital facility fees are created equal, and patients are increasingly charged them to take advantage of Medicare’s payment system.
Opinion
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
Parents: Ask your children what they believe about gender
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, Connecticut parents and educators must reassess their views of gender identity and sexuality.
Posted inStudent Voice
Schools must act to keep students safe from fentanyl
As a community we must care for our young people and give them the best opportunity to come out of the fentanyl epidemic alive.
Posted inTalking Transportation
Microtransit is in Connecticut’s future
This week the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced nine pilot projects to bring microtransit to communities from Stamford to Mystic, from Hartford to New Haven.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Why the Gettysburg Address still matters
We should ask ourselves what we can learn from his profoundly beautiful words today.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
CT must fight climate change locally by repairing infrastructure, staffing towns adequately
Filling the gaps in CT’s municipal work force and repairing decrepit infrastructure is essential to address climate change on a local scale.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
New CT vehicle standards mean economic opportunity, better health
Passage of the new clean vehicle standards will soon be in the hands of the bipartisan Regulations Review Committee. They should support the forward momentum that Gov. Ned Lamont, and the legislature have already put in place.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
In search of moral clarity for the Middle East
What can moral clarity do? It can help us understand that the current situation does not start with the recent Hamas action.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
My grief as a Jew has been stolen
I came to New Haven in 2007 for medical school, and I learned quickly not to be the wrong kind of Jew — the kind that speaks openly of family in Israel, of fond memories of experiences in Israel.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
‘Pretty please’ won’t get Connecticut children to school
How did the state come to have, 20% of its young people “at risk” or “disconnected,” having dropped out of school or being in danger of dropping out?
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Puerto Ricans demand commitment to decolonization, not pandering
According to data in this GAO report, statehood would essentially destroy the Puerto Rican economy, increase dependence on federal funds, plunge more Puerto Ricans into poverty, and ultimately push more Puerto Ricans out of Puerto Rico.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Make colorectal cancer screening in Connecticut more accessible
Early detection and intervention can lower risk of harmful outcomes — but treatment isn’t accessible to everyone in CT. That should change.
Posted inCommunity Editorial Board
Connecticut’s selective colleges could learn about admissions diversity from the NBA
From test scores to extracurricular activities to application essays to teacher and counselor recommendations, nearly every academic indicator purported to reflect student merit is highly correlated with privilege.
Posted inTalking Transportation
Metro-North’s unfulfilled Wi-Fi promise
In 2019 Metro-North got $23 million in funding for onboard Wi-Fi. Commuters still don’t have it.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut cannot ‘wait ’till next year’ — we must phase in zero-emissions cars now
Continuing to meet our obligation to partner states means setting standards this year that slowly phase in sales requirements for new zero-emissions cars.