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U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Thursday that he is now undecided on health care reform - adding that he is concerned that Democrats might use the "reconciliation" process to pass reform with 51 votes in the Senate.

A year ago, General Electric Co. promised financial incentives to U.S. employees who kicked the smoking habit.

Publicizing serious medical mishaps would not help consumers judge the safety of the state's hospitals and surgical centers because of wide variations among medical facilities, a state public health official testified Monday in opposition to a bill that would add transparency to Connecticut's adverse-event reporting law.

Think Tank Blasts "SustiNet," Board Says, "Not So Fast" NBC Connecticut ... reduced employment, longer waits, higher costs and fewer choices. "Connecticut residents who are worried about the big government health care bills ...

Connecticut had the fifth most expensive group health insurance premiums in 2008 and has seen accelerating increases since, placing the state squarely in the national debate about out-of-control premium hikes.

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Thousands of people have died in Connecticut because of their lack of health insurance says a report released today, and a group of state officials say the findings show the need for more scrutiny of rate increases.

"Let's have accountability on these rate increases," said House Speaker Christopher G.

The courage to bring Connecticut back Ridgefield Press Compare Connecticut's government employee paid portion for health insurance of $28 to the $150 that federal employees pay. Other spending excesses include a ...

Boston Globe

Obama Targets Connecticut Health Insurance Rates Hartford Courant The Obama administration, in criticizing health insurers this week, singled out Connecticut and three other ... Fight Over Health-Care Premiums Heats UpWall Street Journal Blue Cross Blue Shield used by Sebelius as example of health costs run amokThe Detroit

Connecticut Ranks 5th-Worst In US In Funding State Employee Pensions Hartford Courant In addition, the state is on the hook for future health insurance and other retiree benefits of $24.6 billion. "The state of Connecticut has a commitment to ...

Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — Consumers in at least four states who buy their own health insurance are getting hit with premium increases of 15 percent or more — and people in other states could see the same thing.

It's President's Day weekend and time to remember the wisdom of our forebears in choosing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to lead a nation in peril.

Telegraph.co.uk

Poll indicates signs of a GOP resurgence in some NE districts Boston Globe In Connecticut, there are five announced Republican candidates each in the primary fields for the formerly Republican-held congressional districts, ... Politics was not a smooth fit for Patrick KennedyThe Associated Press A Kennedy Departs Congress,

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Tritium reaches Connecticut River MassLive.com ... the radiological health chief for the Vermont Department of Health, said Thursday that tritium has not yet been detected in the nearby Connecticut River ... Vt. health chief: Tritium may in Connecticut RiverThe Associated Press New Hampshire: Inquiry Sought at Nuclear

Connecticut Attorney General Charges IDSA with Violating Lyme Antitrust ... Earthtimes (press release) February 1, 2010, the Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to the IDSA expressing “concern” over “improper voting procedures” used ... and more »

Christopher Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, said Democrats would move ahead with their proposals for reform.

" If the state of Vermont had carried out a plan to sterilize his grandmother, Don Stevens said Tuesday, he "wouldn't be here." Many Vermonters of mixed French Canadian and Native American heritage, like Stevens' grandmother, as well as poor, rural whites, were placed on a state-sanctioned list of "mental defectives" and degenerates in the 1930s

An association of nursing homes in Connecticut on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Gov.

With colleges and universities across the country trimming budgets and programs, Quinnipiac University defied the trend Thursday with its bullish announcement of plans to establish and build a $75 million medical school that will admit students within three or four years.

Beyond Chron

After Massachusetts, All Eyes Turn to Connecticut's Bipartisan Dysfunction Beyond Chron ... of Connecticut reporters – in admirable contrast with network TV cream puffs Matt Lauer (NBC) and Kate Snow (ABC) – focused on lax occupational health ... Connecticut Republicans bask in glow of Scott Brown's winHartford Courant McMahon,

Norwalk Hospital first in state to perform new procedure NORWALK Norwalk Hospital has become the first hospital in Connecticut to use a new innovative multidisciplinary approach for lung cancer staging, according to a news release.

Covidien Plc, a Irish health-care products company, said it filed a lawsuit claiming Johnson & Johnson's Harmonic line of ultrasonic surgical products infringes its patents used for scalpels.

As many states close rest stops to save money, Connecticut is bucking the trend with the first overhaul of its service plazas in decades.

Linda McMahon 's staff looked nervous as they gathered in the conference room waiting for the boss to arrive.

Book: Use Of Census Hurts Connecticut Hartford Courant But, to one Connecticut population expert, the census and how it is used are shortchanging Connecticut and many states like it, and may even be contributing ... and more »

Hartford health insurer Aetna Inc. said Wednesday it expects a fourth-quarter charge of up to $65 million to cover costs for a previously announced series of layoffs and office consolidations, including in Connecticut.

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HUD Grants $28.7 Million To State To Combat Homelessness Hartford Courant ... allow 57 agencies in Connecticut to finance existing permanent supportive housing programs and to provide such services as job training, health care, ... $28.7M targeted to aid homelessNew Haven Register (subscription) all 196 news articles »

Following his vote in favor of health care reform, Sen. Chris Dodd was heckled as he returned home to Connecticut at Bradley International Airport.

Majority of US Voters Object to Health-Care Plan, Poll Finds Bloomberg ... Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University taken Dec. 15-20 found that 53 percent of voters disapprove of plans to make over the health-care system, ...

Two days after U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd succeeded in getting a $100 million grant for a university hospital into the Senate health reform bill, it remained unclear how a potential new pool of federal funding would affect the long-standing debate over the future of the UConn Health Center .

Two senators whose support for the health care overhaul has been in question are speaking out against a proposal to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare.

New arrivals from Spanish-speaking countries have helped the Catholic Church maintain its status as the dominant religion in the U.S., according to a new Trinity College report slated to be released today.

The storm is gone, the sun is coming out, but problems caused by three days of steady rain in Massachusetts persist.

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Connecticut Recovering From Storm myfoxny.com It also makes it easier to take a range of actions to safeguard health and safety, if necessary, and activate mutual assistance agreements with other states ... State to use stimulus funds for health info networkTheDay.com State awarded $7.3 million in stimulus to upgrade, enhance health

It is make it or break it time for President Barack Obama's health care plan. A vote on the historic measure is expected by week's end, and the White House is doing everything it can to assure passage.

Becky McClain of Deep River, a former Pfizer Inc. molecular biologist who claims to have been injured in an accident involving stem cell research at the company's Groton research labs, speaks April 28, 2009 at the California Coalition for Workers Memorial Day event in San Francisco.

USA Today

Obama's day: Getting ready for House health care vote USA Today Unbeaten Connecticut is a huge favorite, while Stanford, Nebraska, and Tennessee are also top seeds. We're always tossing up the ball here at The Oval, ...

Almost everyone at the University knows this is John T. Casteen III's last year as president.

A Democratic leader in the House voiced confidence Monday that his side has the votes necessary to pass the health care reform bill, and may do so as early as this week.

Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major winter storms.

The finale of the health-care debate couldn't be more fitting. House Democrats are considering passing an exotic parliamentary rule relieving them of the burden of voting for the underlying bill, which will be "deemed" passed.

The Cornhusker Kickback may be gone from President Barack Obama's health care bill - but the Florida Flim-Flam remains.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd unveils his new Democratic Senate bill to reform the financial markets.

Rising property taxes, failing eyesight and even a tumble that cracked her tailbone haven't forced 89-year-old Angeline DiBeneditto from the home she's had for more than six decades.

Opinionline Archives Our view on medical reform: Five ways to improve the health care hybrid Emerging endgame bill contains major benefits, substantial flaws.

As the battle over health care legislation built Monday toward a weekend crescendo, congressional Democrats considered trying to pass the controversial Senate version without voting for it, a tactic that Republicans and independent analysts warned could be politically treacherous and perhaps unconstitutional.

In politics, the worst fate is to be laughed at rather than laughed with. Voters are laughing at Congress these days.

Justice John Paul Stevens, the leader of the US Supreme Court's liberal wing, told the New Yorker in an interview that he will decide early next month whether he will retire at the end of the court's current term.

Illegal plastic dumping and other recycling issues took center stage at the Town Council meeting Monday.

The Department of Health and Human Services on March 15 announced $161.7 million in stimulus-funded grants to 16 states to advance creation of state-level health information exchanges.

John McCain and Sarah Palin are scheduled to campaign together in Arizona next week for the first time since they conceded the presidential election in 2008.

Debate on medical reform — Our view: Five ways to improve the health care hybrid USA Today (blog) Ben Nelson , D-Neb., himself has backed away from the Nebraska deal; less clear is the outcome of a $100 million earmark to build a hospital in Connecticut, ... and more »

The White House is backing down from efforts to drop "sweetheart" deals poisoning health care legislation as House Budget Committee Democrats meet Monday to craft a final bill that does not yet have a price tag.

Although I don't remember to take one every single day, I try to take a multivitamin tablet as often as possible.

UConn dean: State can create a 'destination for health care' Bristol Press M. Jodi Rell's health care proposal was all about. "We want to make central Connecticut a destination for health care," he said. "It takes a village to make ... Area Hospitals Warming Up To New Plan For UConn Health CenterHartford Courant all 3 news

President Obama did deliver a passionate speech supporting the current health care proposal in Stongville, Ohio today.

National Post

Top House Dem Says 'Votes Are There' to Pass Health Care Reform FOXNews John Larson of Connecticut, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House and the Democratic Caucus chairman. Larson's confidence is a departure from what other ... Pelosi Says Democrats Will Have Votes to Pass Health BillBusinessWeek Sweetheart deals gone

Ex-Pfizer Employee Claims Firing Violated CT's Whistle-Blower Law NBC Connecticut In a statement the company said, "...in 2005 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted an eight month investigation of Ms. McClain's ... Former employee fired for refusing to return to work, Pfizer maintainsTheDay.com Ex-Pfizer Worker Cites

Stubborn storm darkens, floods much of Northeast The Associated Press The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island each declared a state of emergency as the rains closed roads and spilled rivers and streams ... and more »

A subject of interest...Turning up the heat...Rain, rain, go away WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve Board meets today amid an internal debate over how and when to signal that interest rates will be going up sometime in the future.

Americans Want Health Security & Affordability, and Don't Care About Myths ... Huffington Post (blog) As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on health care reforms that President Obama made a priority and which the electorate brought him to the ... and more »