CT Health News Weekly Newsletter
February 5, 2026

Hot Topics in CT Healthcare: From Medicaid Cuts to Mental Health Gaps. This week’s newsletter dives into Connecticut’s health highs and lows — blistering temps activate state protocols, Blumenthal battles Medicaid cuts that target Black women, and lawmakers revisit stalled kids’ mental health reforms. Add a touch of public art at UConn Health, virtual care kiosks at Bradley International Airport, and new nursing grads from New London, and you’ve got a week full of meaningful developments in Connecticut’s dynamic health sector!

Top News

Blumenthal warns proposed Medicaid cuts could especially hurt Black women NBC Connecticut 6/20/25	Analysis: CT hospitals face $4B federal financial hit over next decade Hartford Business Journal 6/20/25	Two-day free dental clinic opens at New Britain High School NBC Connecticut 6/20/25
Connecticut ranks 11th in U.S. health care PressReader 6/20/25	New automated kiosk at Bradley offers virtual health care PressReader 6/20/25	Sharon Hospital president sees promise in new partnership Tri-Corner News/Lakeville Journal 6/20/25
Kennedy's picks for vaccine advisory panel - including appointee from CT - raise concerns about anti-vaccine bias NBC Connecticut 6/19/25	With Mid-90s Temps Coming, Lamont Activates Extreme Hot Protocol CTNewsJunkie 6/19/25	State Slips in 2025 Health System Performance Scorecard, Citing ER Overuse and Cost Barriers CT Examiner 6/19/25
Map reveals the states most and least committed to quitting smoking: CT leads the nation National World 6/18/25	Yale research: Are Disposable Vapes Hiding a Sweet Trap? Medscape 6/18/25	ConnectiCare to exit fully insured large group market in CT Hartford Business Journal 6/18/25
Hartford HealthCare subsidiary files CON to operate Connecticut ASC Becker's ASC 6/18/25	Picture This: Reflections of a Hospital Art Curator UConn Today 6/17/25	CT passed 'historic' kids mental health legislation. Three years later, not much has changed CT Insider 6/16/25
Norwalk Hospital taps chief of neurosurgery Becker's Spine Review 6/16/25	Murphy, Dems introduce bill to establish Medicare 'Part E' public option Fierce Healthcare 6/16/25	New London Students Graduate With Nursing Credentials Through New Program Patch 6/16/25
Murphy Seeks Public Testimony on Prospect Medical’s Toll on Connecticut Health Care CTHealthNews.com 6/16/25	Father, son bring family history of healing to medical rescue in New Haven New Haven Register 6/15/25	Judge OKs pay boost for execs at Waterbury, ECHN hospitals PressReader 6/15/25
A UConn doctor, professor and mentor drew national attention for her work. Here’s what she does. Hartford Courant 6/15/25	Waterbury youth mental health clinic faces closure as federal funding ends CT Insider 6/14/25	UConn Health, ConnectiCare reach new multiyear agreement Hartford Business Journal 6/14/25

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