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Early in the pandemic, we began using yellow cloth isolation gowns, environmentally superior, perhaps, to the paper gowns that preceded them, but not without complications. The strings at the neck were invariably tied and tightly knotted after going through the wash. If you’re a smallish doctor or nurse, the pre-tied neckline hung down around the tip of the xiphoid.
As insurers continue to record hefty profits, the annual increase in health insurance premiums recently approved by the Connecticut Insurance Department will further burden patients already struggling with healthcare costs. This double-digit increase, following a similar one last year, may lead to the impossible decision between a more expensive comprehensive plan and one which is affordable but with substantial out-of-pocket costs and more limited coverage.
In March, the Insurance and Real Estate Committee advanced HB 5042: An Act Concerning Health Care Cost Growth with unanimous and bipartisan support. This bill is an important step to address the growing cost of healthcare delivered in Connecticut while improving healthcare quality. As the legislative session draws to a close, we call for action on this progressive and important measure.
As physicians, part of our professional responsibility is to advocate for policies that will improve the health of all our patients. It is not simply, “Do no harm” on an individual level, as many know from the Hippocratic Oath. We must also “do no harm” when we consider broader aspects of health, including the health of our planet. And in addition to giving our patients the best care possible, we need to arm them with the information they need to lead healthy lives.
By Ruth Weissberger Tuesday May 5, 2020 at 5:42 PM May 5, 2020 at 5:42 PM The introduction of railroads to Cape Cod came early and rapidly. A line that reached Sandwich in 1848 was extended to Yarmouth Port and Hyannis in 1854, Orleans in 1861, and Provincetown in 1872. Not only did the railroads offer a faster, more reliable and more comfortable mode of transportation for people, they offered faster transportation for increased quantities of commerce.
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