When the planes hit the World Trade Center on 9-11, clients rushed to a Hartford clinic in a panic. Continue Reading →
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Drink Up America, Home Of The Free…And The Obese
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Last month, a New York judge struck down New York City’s ban on sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Disparities, American Diabetes Association, Centr for Science in the Public Interest, Conservative Political Action Conference, Kelly D. Brownell, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, National Center for Health Statistics, Sarah Palin
Families On The Financial Brink Fundraise To Pay Medical Bills
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Since June 2012, this has been Farmington attorney Kristen Garlans’ life: her boss died, which eventually resulted in her losing her job; a drunk driver killed a close friend; and a beloved aunt died. And then a nagging health concern turned out to be non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Without a job, Garlans, 33, qualified for Medicaid. She’s still waiting to hear about SSI. Meanwhile, she’s received notice that she could lose her house to foreclosure, and while she finishes her multiple rounds of chemo and follows up with radiation, she can’t work. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Women's Health, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Crowdsourcing.org, FundRazr, GiveForward, GoFundMe, Kristen Garlans, Medicaid
Mental Health Reform Needs Supportive Housing
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If we’re going to talk about changing our culture post-Newtown, we need to talk about supportive housing. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Disparities, Kate Mattias, National Alliance On Mental Illness-CT, Newtown, Partnership for Strong Communities, State Sen. Donald Williams, supportive housing
Gun Violence Needs A Public Health Remedy
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After the Newtown school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead, President Obama said, “These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change.’’
Filed under: American Public Health Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Georges Benjamin, John Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, National Rifle Association, Newtown school shooting, Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, Sen. Beth Bye
Health Insurance Exchange Should Be Consumer-Driven
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It’s time like these when I miss Jennifer Jaff the most. Jennifer was the executive director of the Farmington-based Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc., and a member of an advisory committee that is helping build the state’s health insurance exchange, the online marketplace for people buying insurance as mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, Connecticut Health Policy Project, Ellen Andrews, Jennifer Jaff, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Sheldon Toubman
Each Baby: Wanted, Loved And Planned
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We’re doing something wrong, but it’s fixable now. For years, researchers have said that among industrialized countries, the U.S. has the highest rate of unintended pregnancies, at 49 percent. Such pregnancies are even higher among poor, low-income, and less-educated women. Intended pregnancies tend to signal a family’s readiness for the huge transition brought by the addition of a new member. Intended pregnancies tend to be healthier, and require less public funds outlay. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Women's Health, Affordable Care Act, Guttmacher Institute, Mary Jane Minkin, Washington University's Contraceptive CHOICE Project
Pay As You Go Health Care
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Joyce Hodgson has always worked and at times she’s had excellent health insurance. Five years ago, she became executive director of Little Theatre of Manchester at Cheney Hall, where she is the only paid person on staff – and has no health insurance. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Affordable Care Act, Connecticut Voices for Children, Joyce Hodgson, Susan Campbell, U.S. Census Bureau
CT Is “Hell-Yes’’ On Medicaid
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Governors in some of the states with the highest rate of uninsured people – including Louisiana, Texas, and Florida – insist they’ll opt out of the Medicaid expansion offered under the Affordable Care Act – or Obamacare. One political website (Politico.com) calls them the “hell-no” states. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Affordable Care Act, Commonwealth Fund, Department of Social Services, Health Care Costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicaid, Public Health
A New Health Care Landscape For Women
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Editor’s note: C-HIT debuts a monthly column by writer Susan Campbell. Susan, who worked at the Hartford Courant for more than 25 years, is an accomplished author having published two books including, “Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl,” which won the 2010 Connecticut Book Award for memoirs. We are pleased she’s joining us – writing on issues of health and safety. You’re welcome to weigh in. Continue Reading →