Gary chatted with the local chairwoman of Mom's For Liberty Manju Gerber, and the National Program Director Jessica Graham, about women's rights and trans rights. Gary also did his crossover with Lee Elci from our sister station 94.9 News Now, then political strategist Liz Karanatowitz joined the show to discuss the upcoming election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
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
During a very tame winter, Chief Meteorologist Bruce DePrest joined Gary Byron to talk about the season that is, if we're going to get hit with a ton of snow, and how much we'll get.
