by Zachary Janowski | May 2, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
The Connecticut General Assembly is considering a bill that would make medical malpractice lawsuits easier to file, although amended language from the Senate reduces the expected impact of a previous version. The amended version of Senate Bill 243 passed with only...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 25, 2012 | General, Health Care
My latest post for HealthJusticeCT attacks two aspects of government health spending. First, buying healthcare for people is inefficient because they may prefer to have something else. This inefficiency is part of the reason taxpayers don’t get their...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 6, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
In return for $291 million in state subsidies courtesy of Gov. Dannel Malloy, the Jackson Laboratory must create 300 jobs – but taxpayers will pay the salaries for 10 of those employees. According to the funding agreement that governs the relationship between Jax and...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 2, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
A working group on healthcare organized by House Speaker and Congressional candidate Chris Donovan recommended Monday the state create a government-run insurance company and allow small businesses to join the state employee health plan. Donovan, D-Meriden, convened...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 27, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care, Video
Zachary Janowski, investigative reporter for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, addresses the Connecticut Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society on January 18, 2012. Dr. Roger Pilon, a Cato Institute Scholar, spoke earlier in the morning about whether the...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 6, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
As part of the unionization process Gov. Dannel Malloy began last year with two executive orders, state officials are preparing to release the personal information of several thousand people who work for Connecticut’s elderly and disabled. In September, Executive...
