The head of the financially troubled Waterbury Hospital said Friday that the organization was reserving all its options, including layoffs, to keep its doors open after Tenet Healthcare Corp. walked away from its deal to buy the hospital.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s surprise announcement on November 7 that it would hear King v. Burwell struck fear in the hearts of supporters of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). At stake is the legality of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rule extending tax credits to the 4.5 million people who bought their health plans in the 34 states that declined to establish their own health insurance exchanges under the ACA.1 The case hinges on enigmatic statutory language that seems to link the amount of tax credits to a health plan purchased “through an Exchange established by the State.” According to the plaintiffs in King, that language means that consumers who buy insurance through federally run exchanges don’t qualify for subsidies. The Court’s decision to hear the case without a split between appellate courts suggests that at least four justices harbor serious doubts about the IRS rule’s validity.
STORRS, CONN. — Tuition and fees will increase 4 percent in each of the next two years for medical and dental students at the University of Connecticut.
The Board of Trustees voted Wednesday without debate to approve the hikes, which are on top of a 5 percent increase that went into effect before the start of this school year.
The tuition and fees will rise from $37,032 to $40,054 over the next two years for in-state students. The cost would go from $66,494 for out-of-state students to $71,920.
Institutions of higher education are conducted for the common good and not to further the interest of either the individual teacher or the institution as a whole. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition.
-1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure
UConn President Susan Herbst announced Tuesday her decision to split the university’s top medical job into two roles – a move that effectively creates a new administrative position and has led UConn Health Executive Vice President and Dean of School of Medicine Frank Torti to resign.