The state budget is a heap of trouble right now with all of the coronavirus costs that are racking up more and more dollars against it, and former Lt. Gov candidate Joe Markley came on with Gary to break it all down.

A proposed bill PB317 has been written by CT State Senator Eric Berthel which proposes to require insurance companies to cover bariatric surgery benefits. Despite coverage by Medicaid and Medicare in our state, the majority of private insurance plans do not offer bariatric surgery as a benefit. When the ACS was passed by Obama, the essential benefit in Connecticut was based on the current coverage by our biggest HMO: Connecticare. As a result Obamacare has NOT covered bariatric surgery. Most insurers do not and have not been forced to offer the benefit. Many of our patients have switched to Medicaid for coverage despite having good jobs. This has caused a burden to taxpayers. State employees also have bariatric surgery coverage. Darren Tishler spoke to Brad and Paul about it

The President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving joined Brad Davis and Gary Byron to talk about potentially bringing a 2020 Presidential Debate to Hartford!