Lori Hopkins Cavanagh joined Brad and Paul to talk about how Connecticut is becoming a sancutary state

Gary Talks to Republican Senatorial Candidate Gerry Smith, the first declared candidate in the election cycle. Who is Gerry Smith and what does he stand for? Gerry spent an hour in studio and answered those questions and more.

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