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Health Care
City Warns On Lead
by Melinda Tuhus | Dec 19, 2007 9:21 am | Comments (3)
The health department’s lead poisoning inspector took a measuring gun to toys and ceramics to look for a hidden poison—a poison called lead.
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So Long, Recess. Hello Take 10!
by Allan Appel | Dec 18, 2007 9:17 am | Comments (1)
Some New Haven parents want their kids to play the way they did as children—at school, during recess.
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So Dead Last
by Paul Bass | Dec 15, 2007 9:23 pm | Comments (0)
That’s where Connecticut ranks among all 50 states in allocating tobacco settlement money to combat smoking, according to a new report. Click here for all the details on the report. Click here and scroll to “Anti-Smoking Efforts Falling Behind” to watch Connecticut officials respond. A billion dollars have been wasted.
YNHH Checks Arriving
by Melinda Tuhus | Dec 14, 2007 10:08 am | Comments (0)
Just in time for the holidays, Yale-New Haven Hospital is paying more than 1,700 blue-collar workers who would have been eligible to vote in a union election last year a nice chunk of cash.
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Zelinsky Weighs In
by Staff | Dec 13, 2007 11:39 am | Comments (0)
“‘National’ health care needn’t be national; indeed, it should not be. The states can and should be in the forefront of health care policy.” But first ERISA laws need to be changed to allow experimentation to flourish. So suggests New Haven’s Ed Zelinsky, a law prof and tax expert who has a new book out on the “ownership society.” Click here to read his argument about how tax policy impacts the quest for health care reform.
What’s In That Toy?
by Christine Stuart | Dec 11, 2007 9:22 am | Comments (0)
Dangerous levels of lead in toys is just the beginning according to a group of advocates that found many of the toys they tested had high levels of other toxic chemicals, such as arsenic and cadmium. The Independent’s Capitol correspondent reports here.
Call To Delay Rell’s Health Plan
by Christine Stuart | Dec 6, 2007 9:27 am | Comments (0)
“Charter Oak” comes under scrutiny at a four-hear hearing. Click here for more from the Independent’s Capitol correspondent. And click here for Ellen Andrews’ testimony.
Progress Seen in Mental Health For Kids
by Staff | Dec 6, 2007 8:26 am | Comments (0)
“Smaller programs closer to home”: click here for governor’s release.
“Mental Illness Does Not Discriminate”
by Christine Stuart | Dec 4, 2007 11:27 am | Comments (0)
A Congressional Kennedy came to Connecticut to push a mental health parity bill. The Independent’s Capitol correspondent reports here.