The board of the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut may be more concerned about its own health than the health of Connecticut residents. The foundation gave more than $1.1 million dollars in grants to organizations affiliated with its own board members during the most recent five years, according to the most recent IRS [...]
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s mantra continues to be one of shared sacrifice with his budget calling for $1.9 billion of tax increases next year. “With job creation on our minds, several principles and philosophies helped guide us toward this day,” Malloy said in his budget address. “But the one over-arching concept that we kept in mind [...]
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s budget office submitted written testimony to a public hearing on the SutiNet bill Monday cautioning that it could be an obstacle to federal health care reform in Connecticut and impair the governor’s ability to manage the state budget. Ben Barnes, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, also raised a concern about [...]
The SustiNet bill up for public hearing today recommends the state combine several health of its plans into one large organization and to create a new government-run insurance plan for the general public – both as expected. However, the health care bill also changes the definition of lobbying to allow nonprofits to donate money to the [...]
A government-run health insurance plan for Connecticut will get a public hearing Monday. For years, liberal interest groups and union organizers have pined for such a plan, which they call a public option. Many see it as a pathway to a single-payer system that would allow residents one choice for health insurance – the state. [...]
Federal intervention in Connecticut’s process for approving insurance rates prompted Florida to reject a $1 million federal grant. “We will not be drawing down on any of those funds,” Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said Tuesday. The grant came one from of several programs created by the federal reform bill passed last year. Connecticut [...]
Environmental lobbyists moved quickly to take advantage of Connecticut’s change in governor and got a place of honor for a massive energy bill that will prop up solar generation with subsidies at the expense of consumers and employers across the state. These industry giveaways will cost consumers and employers as much as 5 percent more [...]
