As state officials prepare to expand the use of so-called “medical homes” to care for Medicaid patients, consumer advocates who have long supported the change are raising concerns about the program’s design. Medical homes are practices in which doctors and other health care providers play a more active role in monitoring patients’ health. Supporters believe […]

With the number of women running in high-profile races on the rise in recent years, a new study raises questions about whether political polls accurately state their electoral prospects, John Sides reports at FiveThirtyEight, the New York Times blog on politics and polling. After studying more than 200 gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races in over […]

Linda McMahon’s 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate relied on David Cappiello, a former state senator and congressional candidate, and Ed Patru, who came to Connecticut after stints with the communication shops of national Republican congressional committees in Washington. Cappiello was Mr. Inside, the manager. Patru was Mr. Outside, the message strategist and spokesman. In the […]

President Barack Obama today laid out a proposal to achieve $3 trillion in debt-reduction over the next decade, with a mix of tax reform, spending cuts, and entitlement program savings. The White House wants the congressional “super committee” to take up this proposals as part of its debt-reduction mandate, spelled out in this summer’s agreement […]

Aiming to provide another insurance option for state residents, the Connecticut State Medical Society and its network of physician practices have created a nonprofit organization that they hope will be able to offer health insurance to individuals and small businesses as part of federal health reform. Under the reform law, each state by 2014 will […]

Municipal officials gave Connecticut’s utility companies high marks for their communication efforts leading up to and during Tropical Storm Irene during a state legislative hearing Monday, though post-storm efforts drew mixed reviews. And while the top executives for Connecticut Light & Power Co. and United Illuminating called for lawmakers to grant them expanded authority to […]

Facing a legislative inquiry after the state’s worst power outage, Connecticut’s largest electric utility intends to defend its performance today by telling legislators that it restored power to more customers and in less time after Tropical Storm Irene than in any previous blackout. Jeffrey D. Butler, the president and chief operating officer of Connecticut Light […]

Nearly a third of all Americans prefer getting text messages to talking on the telephone, a new report says–a number that soars to well over half among the most prodgious text users, primarily young adults. The new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds 83% of American adults own cell […]