House Minority Leader Themis Klarides joined Gary Byron for a capital update, her stance on the tolls bill, and the insulin bill that people are fired up over.
House Minority Leader Themis Klarides with Gary Byron
House Minority Leader Themis Klarides joined Gary Byron for a capital update, her stance on the tolls bill, and the insulin bill that people are fired up over.
The Chairman of the Connecticut State GOP, JR Romano joined Gary Byron on the air to talk about the response to the coronavirus.
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
People are flocking to Connecticut away from New York in the wake of the coronavirus, and Michael Barbaro, the former President of Connecticut Realtors joined Gary Byron to discuss why this is happening.