By CHRIS POWELL Is “gender-affirming care” good or bad? Whatever it is, it’s a euphemism, a term of camouflage to prevent something from being plainly understood and to present it in a favorable light — in this case to diminish the controversy that would be recognized if the proper neutral, impartial, and descriptive term wasContinue reading “Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors”
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Plenty of money for political patronage despite danger to state budget
By Chris Powell Is state government in Connecticut in a financial emergency because of its likely loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal assistance under the Trump administration? Most Democratic state legislators think so. Led by House Speaker Matt Ritter, they want to remove the “fiscal guardrails” that have restrained state government spendingContinue reading “Plenty of money for political patronage despite danger to state budget”
Don’t leave hospitals’ fate to a big game of chicken
By Chris Powell A big game of chicken may determine what becomes of Waterbury Hospital, Manchester Memorial Hospital, and Rockville General Hospital in Vernon. Yale New Haven Health, which two years ago agreed to purchase the three struggling hospitals from Prospect Medical Holdings for $435 million, now is suing Prospect to nullify the agreement. YaleContinue reading “Don’t leave hospitals’ fate to a big game of chicken”
Ban investment takeover of Connecticut’s charitable hospitals
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont and state legislative leaders have not yet completed their health-care proposals for the new session of the General Assembly but they should include legislation forbidding the sale of nonprofit hospitals to profit-making entities. Many nonprofit hospitals in Connecticut have been acquired in recent years by large nonprofit chains like HartfordContinue reading “Ban investment takeover of Connecticut’s charitable hospitals”
No magic wand is needed for medical debt relief
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont is acting as if he has a magic wand that can eliminate $650 million or more in medical debt owed by unfortunate state residents. He has been waving that wand for more than a year and waved it again this week in his address to the new session of theContinue reading “No magic wand is needed for medical debt relief”
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