New Haven Independent

Health Care

Blumenthal: Get The “Yuck” Out Of The Sound

by marcia chambers | Jul 29, 2009 5:58 pm | Comments (0)

“Beach closings are a sign of a public health crisis that needs to be addressed,” the attorney general said, calling for stimulus money to go toward fixing sewers. Full story here.

Will Butts Rain on York Street?

by Paul Bass | Jul 27, 2009 3:09 pm | Comments (0)

Warning against airborne cigarettes, Yale has weighed in against Toad’s Place’s plans to add a smoking rooftop deck.

The university’s real estate arm, the dominant landlord in the Broadway/ York Street district, sent a letter to New Haven’s City Plan Department raising “serious concerns” about the proposal “involving public health policy and public safety.”

Full story here.

Confab Confused On H1N1 Planning

by Abram Katz | Jul 23, 2009 7:43 am | Comments (0)

When the so-called swine flu returns this fall, keep sick children at home, don’t spread the infection to co-workers, and ultimately, Gov. M. Jodi Rell told a gathering in town, “use common sense.”

That was Rell’s ultimate advice during a Wednesday meeting at Southern Connecticut State University with educators and state, and local public health officials on how to cope with an expected upsurge in swine flu cases in the coming months.

“Sometimes we can only use common sense with H1N1,” she said.

The knottier problems of making up lost federal funds for absent students, and who should receive a vaccine, if one is developed by then, remained unanswered for now.

Full story here.

After Grassroots Push, SustiNet Becomes Law

by Christine Stuart | Jul 20, 2009 6:47 pm | Comments (0)

The state legislature Monday overrode Rell’s health reform veto. “The insurance capitol of the country just passed a bill that provides a framework for a public option,” Juan Figueroa, president of the Universal Health Care Foundation, said as he celebrated with supporters on the fourth floor of the state Capitol. Full story here.

Anthem Rate Hike Under Microscope

by Staff | Jul 19, 2009 3:14 pm | Comments (0)

The state’s Insurance Department will hold a public hearing Monday to address Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s proposed rate increase, which if approved could increase rates as much as 32 percent.

Some of the 56,000 Connecticut residents enrolled in Anthem’s individual insurance plans will be allowed to testify at the public hearing.

Also the state Healthcare Advocate and Attorney General were granted limited-intervenor status which means they will have an opportunity to present one witness and cross-examine Anthem’s witnesses.

Click here to read Kate Nally’s full report.

Janitors: Save Our Kids’ Health Care

by Christine Stuart | Jul 16, 2009 10:43 pm | Comments (0)

Janitors who clean the state’s buildings and universities stood on the steps of the state Capitol Thursday with their families to ask the General Assembly to override Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto of a bill that would allow their children to keep their health insurance.

Full story here.

“Historic” Passage

by Christine Stuart | Jul 16, 2009 9:50 am | Comments (0)

Dodd get health reform through committee. Details.

“Public Health”? Or “Public Safety”?

by Staff | Jul 16, 2009 8:20 am | Comments (0)

“Public Health? Or Public Safety?” When it comes to kids shooting kids in New Haven, it may not be either or.

Allison Schwartz reports.

Sometimes Cost Matters, Sometimes It Doesn’t

by Christine Stuart | Jul 15, 2009 5:58 pm | Comments (0)

Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell was at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford Wednesday for a ceremonial signing of a bill that expands health insurance coverage for children with autism.

When asked if this the insurance industry considered this a friendly piece of legislation, Rell said it expands coverage, but does not increase costs “astronomically.”

Full story here.

Summer Suppers Nourish Teens

by Melinda Tuhus | Jul 14, 2009 8:12 am | Comments (0)

Healthful food for teens who go without comes with nutritional advice: Full story here.

view the full calendar »

News Feeds

Sponsors

N.H.I. Site Design & Development