CT Health News Weekly Newsletter
December 19, 2025

Connecticut's Healthcare Crossroads: From Federal Budget Battles to Local Innovations - This week's newsletter navigates the complexities of Connecticut's healthcare. We explore the state's response to proposed federal budget cuts impacting critical programs like "HUSKY for Immigrants" and opioid initiatives, while highlighting local advancements like Greenwich Hospital's new cancer care facility and Wallingford's efforts to address dental staff shortages. Discover how the state is advancing healthcare amidst these challenges. Catch up on all the latest updates and more in this week’s newsletter from CT Health News, the best way to stay informed about Connecticut’s dynamic health sector!

Top News

Wallingford aims to fill dentistry job shortage with its adult education dental assistant program CT Insider 7/4/25	Greenwich schools now has a staff position focused on mental health initiatives Greenwich Time 7/4/25	Trump Budget Bill Passes Congress; Connecticut Leaders Warn Of Fallout for Families, Services CT News Junkie 7/4/25
State-of-the-art cancer care center to be constructed in Greenwich Hospital FOX 61 7/3/25	Blumenthal blasts GOP budget cuts to opioid overdose programs WSHU 7/3/25	CT officials voice concern as 'big, beautiful bill' set to become law Connecticut Mirror 7/3/25
Federal Budget Proposal Threatens Connecticut's “HUSKY for Immigrants" Program Tribuna CT 7/3/25	More than 20 fatal overdoses in Connecticut this week prompts fentanyl warning The Day 7/3/25	Jean Carlo Salazar: ICU Nurse by Day, Mister Connecticut by Night Nurse.org 7/3/25
Greenwich Hospital plans to build in-house cancer treatment facility Hartford Business Journal 7/3/25	Tong Joins Lawsuit Against Federal Cuts To School Mental Health Programs CTNewsJunkie 7/2/25	Quinnipiac and Cooley Dickinson Hospital Announce Academic Affiliation Patch 7/2/25
More than 20 fatal overdoses in CT this week prompts fentanyl warning from Bridgeport group CT Insider 7/2/25	Experts discuss summer safety tips at Connecticut Children's WTNH.com 7/2/25	Medicaid cuts in Trump's ‘big beautiful bill' will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals NBC Connecticut 7/1/25
Lamont signs into law a bill allowing state to cut some health carrier rate increases Hartford Business Journal 7/1/25	UConn Students Combat Opioid Crisis in CT through Adopt a Health District Program UConn Today 7/1/25	$30M warehouse conversion into industrial medical laundry facility Hartford Business Journal 6/30/25
Hospital of Central Connecticut holds emergency simulation training WFSB 6/30/25	Struggling nursing home operator sells two Torrington facilities for nearly $22M Hartford Business Journal 6/30/25	As health care costs surge, CT regulator seeks new set of 'benchmarks' to limit rise InsuranceNewsNet 6/29/25
UConn Health reverses plan to cut nurses' pay Hartford Courant 6/28/25	Cigna Group Foundation invites applications for Cigna Group Health Equity Impact Fund Philanthropy News Digest 6/28/25	Waterbury writes off $18.4M in hospital taxes amid Prospect bankruptcy CT Insider 6/28/25

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