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To those, mostly Republicans, who do not believe everyone has a right to healthcare, and are perfectly happy to see illness, even pandemic, as an opportunity for profit and sky-high salaries, I have nothing to say. They will invent facts and not listen to logic. I am writing to those struggling to defend the public option healthcare plan, under the burden of a mass of disinformation put out by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA). The latest version of the Public Option (SB 842) will offer a state-run healthcare package to small businesses, individuals, and not-for-profits...

Ensure that undocumented individuals have access to COVID-19 vaccine USDA Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is available for all Connecticut residents over the age of 16 years, we must ensure equal access to the vaccine for all community members, especially vulnerable populations. In Connecticut, one such population that deserves our attention and support are our migrant farmworkers. Moe Uddin On Feb. 1, 2021 the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement supporting equal access to COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution sites for undocumented immigrants. This statement also promised t...

Governor Lamont can negotiate a bold, equitable budget Last summer, after George Floyd’s murder sent a shock wave through our nation, people across Connecticut took to the streets to demand an end to systemic racism and inequality in our state. Residents in urban, rural, and suburban communities spoke in one unified voice demanding that in Connecticut, Black Lives Matter. This is a call for the liberation of Black folks — for the removal of structural, institutional and economic violence that has thwarted the progress of Black people and the progress of our state. The truth is that Connec...

Everybody in, especially those left out Systemic racism permeates Connecticut's policies on prisons in many ways. It's time to fix that. In the wake of the spate of gun violence massacres, resuming again with deadly consequences, we are at a familiar crossroads: Do we revert to our usual, American individualized ‘othering,’, or do we reconcile that there is no ‘them’- only ‘us,’ that we refuse to claim? State Rep. Anne Hughes I’m campaigning to reframe the American ‘us’ from some of y’all to “ALL of us all!” It’s time to claim we all belong to this place, this promis...

Federal funding pushes Connecticut legislators to move the needle on drug policy and save lives Recently we took care of a patient who had experienced over 10 opioid overdoses in the last two years. He had multiple infections related to injection drug use. He was in and out of jail where he did not have access to life-saving medication therapy for opioid use disorder. His story is not uncommon; in fact, a leading cause of death following incarceration is drug overdose. In Connecticut more than half of those who die by overdose have a history of incarceration. Despite our state’s continued r...