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“One Step Closer To Accountability”

by Paul Bass | Nov 30, 2006 10:05 am | Comments (1)

So rejoiced the state’s health care advocate, Kevin Lembo (pictured), in referene to a judge’s ruling that HMOs must reveal how much of the $700 million they get in taxpayer money goes to run Connecticut’s health-care program for the poor, and how much goes to their own overhead and executive pay.

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Teacher, Doctor, Business Owner

by Paul Bass | Nov 28, 2006 5:03 pm | Comments (0)

Each in her or his own way has felt the pressure of Connecticut’s health care crisis—and has an investment in seeing the state legislature pass true universal health care this coming session. Click here,  here, and hear to hear their stories from a new campaign by the Universal Health Care Foundation.

Lawsuit : Cop Shooting Was Hospital’s Fault

by Staff | Nov 21, 2006 9:56 am | Comments (5)

The hospital’s fault, and the fault of caregivers who didn’t deal properly with a mentally ill man. That’s the gist of a new lawsuit filed by the estate of Hiram Marrero, the knife-wielding psychotic man who was killed by a New Haven cop in a case that plunged the city into a reexamination of how police deal with the mentally ill and led to a recommendation to arm officers with Tasers (pictured). Jane Mills reports.

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City Seeks HUSKY Awareness Funds

by Melissa Bailey | Nov 20, 2006 9:54 pm | Comments (0)

The City of New Haven approved an application Monday for $50,000 in state funds to get out the word to uninsured kids about the HUSKY state health insurance plan. The city’s application plugs into a recent state initiative to use $1 million to spread HUSKY awareness to the state’s uninsured kids — 68,000 children under 18 spent last year without health insurance, according to Connecticut Voices for Children. The initiative is a first step to what some hope will follow: If key state legislators get on board, Democratic lawmakers could use a veto-proof majority to bring about universal health care for adults, too.

Will Amann Block Universal Care?

by Christine Stuart | Nov 14, 2006 10:05 am | Comments (0)

Democrats may be gloating about their veto-proof majority in the state legislature—but it turns out their own House speaker (pictured) may prove the obstacle for delivering universal health care for adults. Click here for a report by Independent Capitol correspondent Christine Stuart.

Dental-Office-in-a-Box Pops Up In Schools

by Melissa Bailey | Nov 13, 2006 11:49 am | Comments (0)

This second-grader slipped out of class for a quick sealant fix this week without even leaving school. The dental office, which serves the poor and uninsured, pops up out of the trunk of a car.

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Dillon: “Expectations Are High”

by Paul Bass | Nov 7, 2006 3:34 pm | Comments (1)

As she waited in line to vote at New Haven’s Edgewood School Tuesday morning, State Rep. Pat Dillon gave her outlook on the prospects for health care reform in the coming legislative session. “Expectations are high” for increasing the number of people in Connecticut who can obtain health insurance, she said. As for a universal plan, she offered some caution. Click on the play arrow to watch her remarks.

Meet The Hill’s New Dentist for Kids

by Melinda Tuhus | Nov 6, 2006 12:36 pm | Comments (0)

Yarniz Oquendo brought her two young daughters in for a check-up and teeth-cleaning at the Hill Health Center’s dental clinic. Luckily for them, a new pediatric dentist was on hand, a woman who came to New Haven for the “fulfilling” mission of working on the teeth of people who otherwise find it hard to see a dentist.

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