Monthly Archives: December 2011

Ct Kids Without Health Insurance Less Than National Rate

December 29, 2011
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Ct Kids Without Health Insurance Less Than National Rate

Written by Theresa Sullivan Barger The number of uninsured children in Connecticut remained steady at 6 percent in 2010, better than the national average, recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s population survey shows. But it’s still a concern that an estimated 49,000 Connecticut children under 18 lack health insurance, said Mary Alice Lee,...

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Granny Snatching: Connecticut’s Seniors Fared Well This Year

December 28, 2011
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Granny Snatching: Connecticut’s Seniors Fared Well This Year

It is time to say goodbye to another year, with all of its successes and failures and the sometimes unsettling realization that we are all a year older too. Connecticut’s seniors have had a reasonably good year what with passage of a law that gives them some added protection if they are incapacitated. Dubbed...

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Sleep in a Train Station? You Can (and Should) in Indianapolis

December 28, 2011
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Sleep in a Train Station? You Can (and Should) in Indianapolis

All aboard!! Pretty much by accident we landed at the Indianapolis Crowne Plaza Union Plaza Hotel. We’ve have good luck with Crowne Plaza before (while still not knowing why there’s that “e” on Crowne) but the Indianapolis facility just combined good location and good price and convenience. Until we got there and discovered what...

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Your Gift Cards: Use Them Before You Lose Them

December 28, 2011
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Your Gift Cards: Use Them Before You Lose Them

The holiday presents have been unwrapped and most of us received at least one gift card. Now is the time to shop with these cards while they are still fresh in our hands. The National Retail Federation predicts that 80% of people have purchased gift cards this holiday season and shoppers will spend an...

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