In Focus: Health Care
In Focus: More People Turning to ACA Plans as Republicans Force Premium Hikes
The number of people enrolled in Access Health CT “Obamacare” plans has increased nearly 3% over last year, and enrollments surged another 2,400 during a recent five-day extended sign-up period, proving the necessity and the popularity of health insurance plans that Republicans are making more expensive.
In Focus: How Republican Medicaid Changes Are Hurting Connecticut Residents
The Trump/Republican changes to Medicaid passed in House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1) back in July 2025 traded trillions of dollars in tax breaks for wealthy Americans and corporations at the expense of budget cuts to food, health care, and environmental programs for hundreds of millions of Americans.
In Focus: Federal Vaccine Changes, and Connecticut's Reaction
Should Connecticut parents and children be worried that the Trump administration has now changed the federal rules regarding childhood vaccines?
In Focus: The Renewed Fight for a Public Option in Connecticut
With health insurance options collapsing for millions of Americans under the weight of Donald Trump and Republican indifference, budget cuts and insurance policy changes, now is a good time to revisit Connecticut’s history of its very serious overtures to create a “public option.”