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In Connecticut, Health Care Is Expensive


By Hugh McQuaid

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Health care industry stakeholders began a Thursday morning hearing in Hartford with a sobering assessment of the state’s health metrics: Connecticut is among the most expensive states to receive health care in the United States, a country that pays more for worse health outcomes than most comparable nations.  Those were among the observations made by […]

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Union Calls On Lamont To Make Good On Its Contract


By Christine Stuart

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Thousands of home care workers who risked their lives during the pandemic are pleading with Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to make good on its promise to help them pay for their health insurance.  Under a new labor contract approved in May, the state is supposed to give the workers, who make around $17 an hour, […]

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Eric Coleman Announces Bid For Hartford Mayor


By Christine Stuart

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Citing recent gun violence in Hartford, retired judge and former state Senator Eric D. Coleman announced a bid for the Hartford mayor’s office Wednesday.  Coleman, who said he resigned his position as a trial judge referee and recently moved to Hartford, said he had planned to run for mayor next year regardless of Hartford Mayor […]

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After Stillbirth, Undocumented Woman Organizes Partnership To Help Others Find Better Care


By Harriet Jones for C-HIT.org

When Laura Garcia was pregnant with her third child, a boy she named Matias, she had symptoms that made her uneasy. However, she said her community clinic told her it was normal. But after delivering a stillborn child, she was determined to act so that other women in her situation might not suffer the same way.

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