There's a case causing uproar within the state where a convicted felon is getting a state pension while currently incarcerated for abusing a patient at a mental hospital...State Senator Heather Somers joined Gary 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
Veteran Investigative Journalist George Colli from GColli.com joined us from New York City for his weekly appearance, and discussed the scandal at NPR, and the media in general. Lee Elci from our sister station came on for his weekly cross-over bit, and Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli of the Department of Consumer Protection called in to talk about lemon laws concerning cars in CT,
Author Paul Stack called in for an interview with Brad Davis about his book The Leviathan: The Greatest Untold Espionage Story of the Civil War
