Live Breaking News & Updates on கியான் கார்ல் காசா

Stay updated with breaking news from கியான் கார்ல் காசா. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Lamont unveils plans to reduce cost of health care, cap price of prescription drugs


Lamont unveils plans to reduce cost of health care, cap price of prescription drugs
The governor s budget proposal does not include an expansion of Medicaid
Gov. Ned Lamont’s health care proposals include a tax on insurance carriers and a limit on cost increases for prescription drugs.
Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled two proposals Wednesday aimed at reducing the cost of health care – an annual assessment on insurance carriers that would bring in money for additional subsidies on Connecticut’s insurance exchange, known as Access Health CT, and a plan to limit yearly increases in the cost of prescription drugs.
Lamont proposed creating the “Covered Connecticut Program,” in which an annual fee would be levied on insurers, similar to the Health Insurance Tax created under the Affordable Care Act. Congress repealed the federal tax in 2019; the repeal took effect last month. ....

United States , Saud Anwar , Ned Lamont , Susan Halpin , Nora Duncan , Ryan Caron King , Melissa Mccaw , Gian Carl Casa , D South Windsor , Ct Community Nonprofit Alliance , Health Insurance Tax , Access Health , Connecticut Association Of Health , Medicare Savings Program , Department Of Public Health , Office Of Health Strategy , Connecticut Program , Affordable Care , Health Strategy , Covered Connecticut Program , Connecticut Association , Health Plans , Caron King , Connecticut Public Radio , Management Secretary Melissa Mccaw , Medicare Savings ,

Mask angels, NYC oases, sugar tax: News from around our 50 states


Mask angels, NYC oases, sugar tax: News from around our 50 states
From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY
Alabama
Clanton: The city has lost a second elected official to the coronavirus pandemic six months after the longtime mayor died of COVID-19. City Council member Sammy Wilson died Thursday while in a hospital where he was being treated for the illness caused by the new virus, WBRC-TV reports. A statement by Mayor Jeff Mims said the town of 8,800 people was thankful for Wilson’s service to the community. Council member Mary Mell Smith called Wilson’s death “a big loss.” “He had that big smile on his face every time you saw him,” she said. Wilson died about six months after Billy Joe Driver, who had served as mayor for 36 years before he died of COVID-19 in July. Mims was elected to replace Driver. ....

United States , South Carolina , District Of Columbia , New York , Grand Island , Hamilton County , West Virginia , San Francisco , Central District , Campbell County , Little Rock , New Jersey , Rhode Island , Fishburne Military School , Royal Oak , East Greenwich , Salt Lake City , Montpelier City Hall , Rapid City , South Dakota , Rushmore Plaza Civic Center , City Of , United Kingdom , Mississippi State University , Cornell University , Baton Rouge ,