With all of the cancellations of fairs across the state, the Director of the Connecticut Fairs Association Karen Zagurski joined Gary Byron on the air to talk about which ones remain open, which will be canceled, and how fairs will handle this summer and fall.
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
Ray Philippon, U.S. Army veteran and Gold Star Parent who encourages service and have become advocates for veterans to honor the memory of their son who was killed while serving in Iraq? The mother works as a Program Coordinator at Resilience Grows Here, a Veteran initiative of the Farmington Valley Health District. They will be sharing their story at a free Veterans Coffee House program at the Wallingford Senior Center on Nov. 27. and they joined Brad and Paul to talk about it.
Pastor Joel joins Gary every so often to break down all that's happening in the world, what his plans are moving forward with the Church, and why he thinks people may have strayed away from God.
