Joe Polletta is the ranking member of the Labor Committee, and he was on with Gary Byron to talk about all the issues that people are facing trying to get their unemployment money.
State Rep. Joe Polletta with Gary Byron
Joe Polletta is the ranking member of the Labor Committee, and he was on with Gary Byron to talk about all the issues that people are facing trying to get their unemployment money.
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
Rep. Laura Devlin joined Brad and Gary to talk about the transportation forum that Gov. Lamont held in Westport, including if there were questions raised against tolls.
Mary Fay is running against John Larson in the 1st district, and she joined the program to talk about why she's the best choice for the job!