Seniors Sue Medicare To Close Nursing Home Coverage Gap
Roberta Baxter, a 78-year-old retired instructional assistant for the Killingly school system, dislocated her kneecap after a fall in her bathroom last September. Following treatment at a local...
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Connecticut Veterans’ Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz was nominated this week by President Barack Obama to serve as assistant secretary for policy and planning in the U.S. Department of Veterans...
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Medicare patients had more than 600,000 hospital stays in 2012 that lasted three nights or more but did not qualify them for follow-up nursing home care, according to a new report by the U.S....
View ArticlePentagon’s Effort To Prevent Sex Assaults Is Lacking, Report Says
The Pentagon is not doing enough to make its sexual assault prevention strategy effective, according to a Congressional watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department...
View ArticleSeniors Sue Medicare To Close Nursing Home Coverage Gap
Roberta Baxter, a 78-year-old retired instructional assistant for the Killingly school system, dislocated her kneecap after a fall in her bathroom last September. Following treatment at a local...
View ArticleState Vets Commissioner Nominated To Federal Job
Connecticut Veterans’ Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz was nominated this week by President Barack Obama to serve as assistant secretary for policy and planning in the U.S. Department of Veterans...
View ArticleNew Report Highlights Problems Of Hospital ‘Observation’ Stays
Medicare patients had more than 600,000 hospital stays in 2012 that lasted three nights or more but did not qualify them for follow-up nursing home care, according to a new report by the U.S....
View ArticlePentagon’s Effort To Prevent Sex Assaults Is Lacking, Report Says
The Pentagon is not doing enough to make its sexual assault prevention strategy effective, according to a Congressional watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department...
View ArticleIt’s Time For GOP Senators To Stand Up For Women
Dear U.S. Senators, I am writing to ask you to do the right thing. The U.S. House of Representatives—including the entire Connecticut delegation—voted last week to reauthorize a version of the Violence...
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