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Lawmakers rally support for wide-ranging drug bill

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso March 4, 2020 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:24 am

The sweeping drug bill includes several provisions aimed at capping or lowering the price of medications.

Posted inHealth

Lamont proposes to ban flavored vaping, legalize marijuana in new budget

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Keith M. Phaneuf February 5, 2020 @ 6:37 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:57 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont opened the new legislative session with proposals to ban flavored vaping product sales and to take initial, tentative steps toward legalizing marijuana.

Posted inHealth

Best of 2019: In a short session, lawmakers eye prescription drug proposals

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso January 1, 2020 @ 5:01 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:19 am

In every town Sean Scanlon visited this summer and fall, residents complained about the high cost and availability of prescription drugs.

Posted inHealth

In a short session, lawmakers eye prescription drug proposals

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso December 3, 2019 @ 5:01 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:18 am

In every town Sean Scanlon visited this summer and fall, residents complained about the high cost and availability of prescription drugs.

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With outlook bleak for public option, lawmakers shift to new 2020 health care agenda

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso October 7, 2019 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:17 am

As hopes for public option dim, lawmakers move to a health care reform agenda that has bipartisan support.

Posted inHealth

Public option bill, already weakened by debate, dies in the Senate

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 6, 2019 @ 12:23 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:09 am

The bill’s long slog and eventual death caps months of contentious discussion on efforts to change Connecticut’s health care landscape.

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Watered-down public option bill heads to Senate after House approval

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 4, 2019 @ 3:36 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

A deeply diluted version of a public option health care bill moved through the House Tuesday, drawing bipartisan support but abandoning its ambitious goals.

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Public option hits rocks, key components stripped from bill

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Mark Pazniokas May 29, 2019 @ 8:23 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:10 am

State-sponsored health plans for individuals and small businesses are expected to be removed from the bill, along with a provision to re-establish an individual mandate

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