January 24, 2009

EAST HARTFORD — Daniel Russo is an accomplished professional with several graduate degrees, but at age 57, after losing his job, he fears he will soon have to decide between paying the mortgage or his costly health insurance.

 

The Middletown resident was one of a dozen people who testified Wednesday at a listening tour sponsored by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., who took testimony to bring back to Washington as the Obama administration works toward health care reform.

Just wanted to take a minute and share with you a great post on Connecticut Local Politics:

• For the full post, click here.

EAST HARTFORD — Sen. Chris Dodd, accompanied by Rep. John Larson and a panel of health care experts, held a town-hall style forum today at Goodwin College’s beautiful new riverside campus in East Hartford. The forum was the first of several planned events on Dodd’s health care "listening tour," which is an attempt to gauge public opinion and need before Congress and the administration undertake a major health care initiative.

January 23, 2009

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) who has been asked by Chairman Kennedy to serve as his chief deputy for health reform, today hosted the first town hall meeting of his Connecticut Prescriptions for Change listening tour.  Approximately 700 Connecticut residents came to Goodwin College in East Hartford this morning to hear from Dodd and a panel of experts and to share their views and ideas for reforming our nation’s health care system.

January 23, 3009

EAST HARTFORD — Blaming the failure to win universal health care in 1993 on a failure to listen to taxpayers, state officials led by U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., are touring the state to hear what people have to say.

 

Around 700 people came Friday to Goodwin College’s Riverside Campus hoping to get the inside story on a universal health care proposal from Dodd, one of the most senior members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) who has been asked by Chairman Kennedy to serve as his chief deputy for health reform, is hosting a series of town hall meetings across Connecticut on the issue. Senator Dodd kicked off his Connecticut Prescriptions for Change listening tour in East Hartford where approximately 700 Connecticut residents came to Goodwin College to hear from Dodd and a panel of experts and to share their views and ideas for reforming our nation’s health care system.

• For the press release on the first event, click here.
• For video from the event, click here.
• For photos from the event, click here.

Senator Dodd is looking for your opinions on how best to reform our health care system and will present your views to HHS Secretary Daschle and President Obama. To share your thoughts, please email ctrx4change@dodd.senate.gov, and stay tuned to Dodd.Senate.Gov to learn how you can participate in future events.

Today I met with a group of UCONN students who are down in Washington on a service project during their winter break.  Our discussion covered a wide variety of topics – from the rising cost of college tuition to the stimulus package.  I’m very glad I had the chance to hear from these young women and hope they’ll stay involved in politics long after they graduate.

January 8, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chris Dodd hopes to bring the nation's next health care czar to Connecticut later this month as Democrats look to improve access and affordability to a system they have long sought to reform.

 

Dodd said Wednesday that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has agreed, if scheduling permits, to join him on a "listening tour" in Connecticut to hear what the state's insurance, businesses and health care leaders as well as ordinary citizens may recommend.

January 8, 2008

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) who has been asked by Chairman Kennedy to serve as his chief deputy for health reform, submitted the following statement for the record at this morning’s HELP Committee hearing for the nomination of Secretary of Health and Human Services-Designate Tom Daschle:

January 7, 2008

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) who has been asked by Chairman Kennedy to serve as his chief deputy for health reform, announced today that he will be kicking off his Connecticut Prescriptions for Change listening tour later this month with a town hall meeting in East Hartford.  The listening tour will take him throughout Connecticut where he will host a series of town hall meetings to hear first hand from the people of Connecticut about their views and ideas for reforming our nation’s health care system.

January 6, 2008

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) who has been asked by Chairman Kennedy to serve as his chief deputy for health reform, today met with former Democratic Majority Leader Tom Daschle, President-Elect Obama’s nominee to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services.  He released the following statement after their meeting: