Healthcare Workers

Connecticut has launched a new program to address a shortage of health care professionals. The program repays up to $50,000 in student loan debt for workers who commit to working full-time for at least two years in underserved areas.

A shortage of doctors interested in pursuing primary care could have serious implications for the healthcare system in the United States, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Healthcare workers picketed outside L+M Hospital in New London and seven other L+M facilities on Wednesday in support of 900 of their fellow hospital workers.

Members of the Connecticut National Guard are making patients ready for evacuation by land or air ambulance, and treating combat injuries — like bullet wounds — during realistic combat medic training this week at a guard facility in East Lyme.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala to discuss her article with David Altimari, “A quarter of CT doctors work for big hospitals. Is that good for patients?” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

As the health care industry becomes more and more concentrated, some small private practices find it difficult to compete with big health care systems. So, instead, they’re joining them.

Governor Lamont expands the state’s earned income tax credit by executive order.