Gary shines a spotlight on some quality State Rep Candidates

Chris Reddy 29th State Senate District Republican Candidate

Aaron Bowman Republican Candidate 54th District

Chris Tierinni Republican Candidate for State Rep District 10 East Hartford

Christine Rebstock Candidate running for CT State Rep 33rd District

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

Patrick Gourley is the assistant professor of economics at the University of New Haven, and he joined Gary Byron to talk about the businesses  that will be, and already are, affected by the coronavirus.