Cindy Kozak is a health program associate for the State Department of Public Health, and she joined Gary Byron on air to talk about all things diabetes and how to look for the signs, avoiding it, and health tips!
State Rep. Mitch Bolinsky was on with Brad and Gary to talk about an age discrimination bill that is being fought about in the House.
New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart discusses the future of the Connecticut GOP Party, and New Britain partnering with FoodShare this Thanksgiving.
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
