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UConn's non-medical vaccine exemption met with criticism from students and healthcare advocates The University initially required mandatory vaccines in order to come back to school for the fall, but their policy was challenged with a lawsuit. Author: Carmen Chau Updated: 5:50 PM EDT August 4, 2021 MANSFIELD, Connecticut — UConn has approved more than 500 unvaccinated students to return to campus this fall.  Recently filed court documents showed they were granted exemptions from the University's requirement for non-medical reasons.  The University initially ...

Following election, Northfield Selectboard expands; highway superintendent returns as sewer commissioner BOUDREAU Related stories NORTHFIELD — The annual town election on Tuesday saw Highway Superintendent Thomas Walker elected to the Board of Sewer Commissioners in the only contested race, and officially elected three Selectboard members, thus expanding the board to have five members total. According to Town Clerk Dan Campbell, who was re-elected with 218 votes and no opposition, the election saw 238 ballots cast by the time polls closed at 8 p.m. Walker won the three-year Board of Sewer ...

Jenna Carlesso discusses this story with Connecticut Public Radio's Lori Mack. Last March, days after returning home from a family trip to Spain, Paloma Munoz’s 4-year-old son started to cough. He spiked a fever overnight and began feeling short of breath. Alarmed, Munoz found a hospital with drive-up COVID testing and took her son to get swabbed. When the results came back negative, she was relieved. Then a bill for $270 arrived in the mail. “I was just speechless,” she recalled. Her husband had changed jobs a few months earlier, forcing her family to shop for new health insurance. Una...

Monthly ‘It appears this is a scam:’ Complaints accelerate against health care sharing ministries in Connecticut Paloma Munoz said every time she goes to a doctor, she gets a surprise bill. “Sometimes that bill is a big bill, and sometimes 100% of the bill,” Munoz said. “I’m like, so what's the point of me paying you monthly if I still have to pay the entire bill? I feel like I’m throwing out my money here.”  |   photo by: Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org Last March, days after returning home from a family trip to Spain, Paloma Munoz’s 4-year-old son started to cough.

By Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror Last March, days after returning home from a family trip to Spain, Paloma Munoz’s 4-year-old son started to cough. He spiked a fever overnight and began feeling short of breath. Alarmed, Munoz found a hospital with drive-up COVID testing and took her son to get swabbed. When the results came back negative, she was relieved. Then a bill for $270 arrived in the mail. “I was just speechless,” she recalled. Her husband had changed jobs a few months earlier, forcing her family to shop for new health insurance. Unable to afford a policy through their...