A health care consulting group has projected that as many as 77,000 state residents could become uninsured during the pandemic.
Poverty
Posted inHealth, Money
‘Would this population of caregivers be treated differently if they were white, and male, and wealthy?’
The federal and state response to COVID-19 in nursing homes is riddled with economic and racial inequities, union members charged.
Posted inEconomic Development, Money
CT’s emergence from COVID-19 to start in June with small steps, lots of testing
Connecticut’s economy likely will re-emerge from the coronavirus pandemic in small steps, beginning in June and continuing throughout the year.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut scrambles to feed those hardest hit by the COVID economy
Connecticut residents have joined those in lines all over the country looking for the most fundamental of life’s imperatives: food.
Posted inGovernment, Health, Money
Nonprofit agencies say they are on brink of financial disaster
Nonprofit agencies say they aren’t treated as “essential healthcare workers,” provided little PPE and on brink of financial catastrophe.
Posted inMoney
Labor officials: Having bank account on file can speed up unemployment benefits
About one-fifth of Connecticut workers seeking unemployment relief could be delayed because they can’t receive an electronic bank transfer.
Posted inHealth
Pandemic exposes stark health disparities generations in the making
Longtime minority advocates aren’t surprised by the disparities in healthcare made more apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inHealth, Housing
Lamont says social distancing is working, but CT’s COVID-19 peak still lies ahead
State officials said the rate at which the coronavirus is spreading seems to be slowing down.
Posted inHealth
Early data shows African Americans have contracted and died of coronavirus at an alarming rate
Fred Royal the head of the Milwaukee NAACP takes his daily walk from his home in the cities hardest hit zip code for the corona virus Wednesday, April, 1, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wis. The coronavirus entered Milwaukee from a white, affluent suburb. Then it took root in the city’s black community and erupted. As public […]
Posted inNews
CT enrollment in food stamps soars, but there’s a wait for benefits
Applications in Connecticut for food stamps have more than tripled and further increases are expected.
Posted inGovernment, Money
Lamont: Pandemic will give Connecticut a $500M shortfall by June 30
Gov. Ned Lamont projected state finances would finish $500 million in the red by June 30.
Posted inEconomic Development, Government, Health, Money
CT Voices: State should tap reserves now to expand workforce, provide pandemic relief
A new report recommends Connecticut officials should use budget reserves now to expand pandemic relief efforts and hire more employees.
Posted inMoney
Stimulus check poses a host of complications for CT’s working poor
For some of Connecticut’s poorest households, the federal stimulus check will be delayed, short-changed, or not coming at all.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Congress struggles to pass coronavirus bill as COVID-19 cases grow
Blumenthal and Murphy say a stalled Senate bill fails to provide enough money for states, hospitals and individuals.
Posted inHealth
U.S. House hopes to vote on massive new coronavirus spending bill
The House has teed up a multi-billion dollar coronavirus bill with a new paid sick leave program and enhanced unemployment insurance.
