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Connecticut, like other states, launched an online health exchange -- Access Health CT -- where residents can shop for and purchase health insurance. There could be new opportunities for the unemployed or uninsured to receive health insurance. Here, we gather our coverage of changes under the new federal law.

The Day Before the Debt Ceiling Deadline

Pete Souza
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White House

This shutdown is getting old. Federal workers aren’t getting paid, and that means lots of people right here in Connecticut are affected directly - and a lot more are having problems, too.

Like a defense contractor that had to shut down production because the federal agency they work with is on furlough.  And even our application for Race to the Top education funding is at risk.  
 
Meanwhile, the nation is hurtling toward a potential fiscal catastrophe by midnight as we face default on our debts.

On our weekly news roundtable, The Wheelhouse, we’ll start up more shutdown conversation, and tackle some of the rest of the week’s news: Road rage, email lists, Obamacare... And, you want to buy a slightly used tennis tournament? Colin McEnroe’s got a deal for you.

GUESTS:

  • Colin McEnroe - Host of The Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR
  • Ronald Schurin - Associate Professor in Residence in UConn's Department of Political Science
  • Sujata Srinivasan - Business reporter for WNPR
  • Arielle Levin Becker - Health reporter for The Connecticut Mirror
  • Jeff Cohen, WNPR Capital Region Reporter

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.
Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. She still produces shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.

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