CT Health News Weekly Newsletter
September 9, 2025

Layoffs, bankruptcies, and funding gaps: This week's newsletter confronts the tough realities facing CT healthcare, from CVS and Prospect to federally funded health services. But there's hope too: UConn's top hospital rankings, a rare cancer treatment approval, and new initiatives addressing youth mental health. All this and more is at www.CTHealthNews.com, the fastest and easiest way to stay up to date on CT’s dynamic health sector!

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Mental health and homeless services at risk in Connecticut as funds run out CT Insider 2/14/25	Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Stamford Health Announce New Agreement Patch 2/14/25	After more than 1,000 layoffs, worries persist about CVS Health's future in Connecticut Register Citizen 2/14/25
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Earns Beacon Award for Excellence Patch 2/14/25	UConn John Dempsey Hospital Ranked Top 10% in US for 3 Hospital Services UConn Today 2/14/25	Gillibrand, Blumenthal introduce legislation to cap private insurance prescription costs WSHU 2/14/25
Connecticut Files 'Statement Of Interest' In Prospect Medical Holdings Bankruptcy CT News Junkie 2/13/25	FDA approves CT drugmaker's therapy for rare cancer tumors Hartford Business Journal 2/13/25	RFK Jr. confirmed as HHS Secretary NBC Connecticut 2/13/25
57 health systems on Forbes' list of best large employers - UConn Health and Yale New Haven Health make the list Becker's Hospital Review 2/13/25	Hospitals See 'Creative Accounting' In New State Medicaid Proposals, But No Real Solutions CT News Junkie 2/13/25	UConn School of Medicine awarded by Eagles in autism research The Daily Campus 2/13/25
The Cigna Group Foundation Combats Youth Mental Health Crisis, Now Accepting 2025 Grant Applications from Nonprofits PR Newswire 2/12/25	CT bill aims to offer relief from rate hikes on long-term care insurance Hartford Courant 2/12/25	Avon-based Constitution Surgery Alliance Earns Recognition from The Leapfrog Group StreetInsider 2/12/25
Finances at Prospect's CT hospitals remain murky, state officials say CT Insider 2/11/25	Four Future Eye Doctors Meet Their Match UConn Today 2/11/25	Yale New Haven Health is ending one of their visiting nurse programs NBC Connecticut 2/11/25
New state legislation aims to address youth social media addiction News 12 - Connecticut 2/10/25	How genetics can play a role in prostate cancer WTNH 2/10/25	Trinity partners with Enfield EMS to administer blood to trauma patients New Haven Register 2/10/25
There is a new method of health care coming to CT. Here's how and what it does. Hartford Courant 2/9/25	Could proposals change Connecticut's declining medical cannabis market Norwalk Hour 2/9/25	Best States for Women’s Health - CT Ranked #3 SmileHub 2/8/25

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