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More than $2.9 million in federal funding is coming to Connecticut to help alleviate the nursing shortage and help people advance their careers in nursing. Healthcare professionals were aware that a shortage was coming, but the pandemic exacerbated it. “Many nurses left as a result of the trauma they sustained during the pandemic,” Patrick Charmel, the president and CEO of…

Millions of dollars in federal funding is coming to Connecticut to help address the nursing shortage.

Senate Republicans unveiled their plan to make healthcare in Connecticut more affordable Thursday. “For middle-class Connecticut families, the cost of healthcare is anything but affordable,” said Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly (R-Stratford). “People are taking it on the chin every day, and family budgets are breaking.” According to Senate Republicans, their proposal will reduce health insurance premiums by up to…

The pandemic put a spotlight on health inequity. That’s what prompted Hartford HealthCare to launch it’s Neighborhood Health program.

Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery is changing the lives of patients with Parkinson’s Disease.

Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery is changing the lives of patients with Parkinson’s Disease.

Advocates want the Medicaid program to cover all immigrants, regardless of their status.

With lawmakers returning to the state Capitol this week for the 2022 legislative session, people across the state took the opportunity Monday to push for the causes they care most about. One of those is expanding health care for undocumented immigrants. There was high emotion on a Zoom call Monday, as people shared their stories of struggling to access health…

Hartford HealthCare and Quinnipiac University develop academic partnership to build healthcare workforce of tomorrow.

Hartford HealthCare and Quinnipiac University develop academic partnership to build healthcare workforce of tomorrow.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on our health care system. It has also contributed to a seven percent increase in enrollment in Connecticut’s health insurance exchange. And if you haven’t enrolled yet, there’s an important deadline coming up. “We have 110,960 enrollees this year which is 7 percent above where we were at this point and time...

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment has increased in the state’s Access Health CT health insurance exchange.