Gary caught up with Ken Langille, Chairman of the CT Young Republicans, who talked about Donald Trump's rising lead among people under 35, then Leora Levy checked in to discuss the protests in support of Palestine, that have sprung up in CT and around the nation, and listener favorite and state senator Rob Sampson joined the program to discuss DEI, election reform, and bad bills!!

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The issue of bonding and how Connecticut will pay for everything is a hot topic, and Chris Davis joined Gary on the air to talk about it.

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