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Prevention Pays Off
Thursday, August 26, 2010
New report shows care can help manage diabetes costs
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Report: Thousands of Connecticut Residents Dead in the Prime of Life
Monday, March 1, 2010
It can be deadly to lack health insurance in America. According to a new report from Families USA, almost 300,000 Americans between ages 25 and 64 - including 2,100 Nutmeggers - died in the past 15 years because they did not receive needed medical care. That finding has inspired health reform advocates in the state to renew calls for federal action on reform.
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Families USA: lack of health care kills 68 per day
Saturday, February 27, 2010
According to a report released Thursday by a nonprofit consumer group, failure to enact health care reform this year will lead in the next decade to about 1,700 premature deaths of people between 25 and 64 years old in Connecticut.
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Briefing: State health care reform
Friday, January 22, 2010
While the national health care reform debate rages in Washington, Connecticut is proceeding with its own plan to provide coverage for thousands of uninsured state residents.
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Public insurance plan in the works: State businessman leads reform charge
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Businessman Kevin Galvin considers his six-member workforce his extended family.
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Health care reform rolls; local links -- Countytimes.com
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Health care reform in Connecticut took a considerable step forward last week when the General Assembly voted to overturn Gov. M. Jodi Rell's veto of the SustiNet Bill, which seeks comprehensive changes to the state's health care and insurance systems.
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Universal healthcare advances in Connecticut
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Lawmakers in Connecticut are moving ahead with plans for universal healthcare in the absence of federal legislation, following the lead of a pioneering law in neighboring Massachusetts.
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It's law, but is SustiNet fiscally sustainable? -- The Hartford
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
"To our knowledge, there is no other place in the country that has legislation enacted in law that has this kind of a comprehensive framework," Figueroa said.
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Surgical override -- The Day Editorial
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
How ironic that Connecticut's Republican governor and GOP lawmakers in the legislature would rather wait for Washington to do something about the health care crisis than begin addressing the problem here at home. Don't Republicans oppose big federal solutions and fight for state rights.
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Historic day for legislature as seven vetoes are overriden -- Hartford Courant
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
In a historic day at the state Capitol, the Democratic-controlled legislature overrode seven vetoes by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and took the first step toward establishing universal health care coverage in Connecticut.
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