Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano joins Gary Byron to talk about the upcoming special session, what he foresees for this summer, as well as his take on riots and bringing down statues.
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano joins Gary Byron to talk about the upcoming special session, what he foresees for this summer, as well as his take on riots and bringing down statues.
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
JP Stredzinski is the state rep for Monroe and parts of Newtown. He also works as the EMS coordinator out of Stratford. He joines Gary on the air to talk about what he's seeing in both of his jobs.
Connecticut has a real problem with spending too much money, and a recent article in the Hartford Courant outlines that. Eric Berthel, explains.