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It Took a Health Care Crisis To Ground Sikorsky

by Melinda Tuhus | Feb 24, 2006 9:24 am | Comments (2)

The 3,500 workers on strike at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation—including New Haven Aldermen Tom Lehtonen and Robert Lee—are picketing over what is becoming the number-one challenge for workers and business owners alike: the ever-increasing cost of health care.

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Moms Push For Dental Fix

by Melinda Tuhus | Feb 22, 2006 10:33 am | Comments (3)

Imagine having a toothache and waiting six months to see a dentist. While their children (like the Crenshaw twins and Ashley Agosto, in photo) played in a side room, moms told stories like that to State Sen. Toni Harp as they organize to fix a problem—the fact that the state pays dentists only a third of their customary rate to treat families on Medicaid.

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Jumping for Health

by Melinda Tuhus | Feb 15, 2006 4:21 pm | Comments (1)

New Haven schools are leading the way toward healthier students, and the system provided another example at Katherine Brennan School on Wednesday with the announcement of a grant to integrate physical activity into academic
lessons in the classroom. Kids in one of the second grade classes provided a hands- and feet-on demonstration of the pilot program.

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Rosa Has a Rescue Plan

by Melinda Tuhus | Feb 6, 2006 3:52 pm | Comments (2)

New Haven’s U.S. Congresswoman, Rosa DeLauro, came home Monday to announce a new effort to rescue prescpription drugs for the lowest-income seniors hurt by the new Medicare Part D law.

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The Medicare Drug Plan, “Explained”

by Sharon Bass | Feb 6, 2006 3:45 pm | Comments (1)

After the ziti and green salad, after panelists spoke briefly about how it works, after the hour-and-a-half “Update on the Medicare Part D Benefit” conference at 1 Long Wharf Dr. wrapped up, an astonishing fact was revealed. Beverly Kidder (in photo), of the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut and one of the conference’s panelists, was asked how much it would cost the federal government to just cover all prescriptions for people on Medicare instead of privatizing the “benefit,” which has resulted in mass confusion with numerous private plans to choose from.

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Who’s Left Out—And Who’ll Be Part of the Solution

by | Feb 3, 2006 11:38 am | Comments (0)

Most of them work—the people in Connecticut who don’t have health insurance. And they’re going to be part of a solution that relies on both individual and communal responsibility. So said John Ayanian (in photo), a national expert, in a wide-ranging interview about uninsurance—a timely topic as the state gears up for a push for universal coverage.

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Next Up: DeStefano’s Version

by Paul Bass | Feb 2, 2006 3:10 pm | Comments (3)

Universal. Portable. Preventive. Those three concepts were the theme of the preview New Haven’s John DeStefano offered Thursday of a sweeping health care plan he plans to thrust into this year’s gubernatorial campaign.

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