Jeff Cohen

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Connecticut Looks To Sell Its Obamacare Exchange To Other States

Friday, February 28, 2014

Problems with online insurance marketplaces have hampered the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in many states. Connecticut, a success story, is trying to turn its expertise into a business.

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Call Centers Got Big Deals Under Health Law, But How Big?

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Before the Affordable Care Act was even open for enrollment, Viviana Alvarado was already taking calls from people who wanted to know more.

She and about 40 of her colleagues are staffing the phones for Maximus, the company Connecticut has contracted to run its call center.

The government contractors ...

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Connecticut Takes Obamacare To The People

Thursday, September 12, 2013

All across Connecticut, you can see billboards and TV ads, hear radio spots and get pamphlets about how to get insurance under the new health care law starting Oct. 1.

But the state is also using less traditional, and more expensive, ways to get the word out.

At state beaches ...

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How A Family Copes With Schizophrenia And Suicide

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Homer Bell was 54 years old when he killed himself in April in a very public way — he laid down his head in front of a stopped bus in his hometown of Hartford, Conn. It was the last act in a life filled with struggle, as Bell and his ...

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Connecticut Left To Reconcile Tragedy With Its Proud Gun History

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Connecticut has suddenly become the epicenter of America's gun control debate, in a way no one there could have foreseen. In the wake of the Newtown massacre, the state that once led ...

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Capturing Summer's Harvest, One DIY Wine Bottle At A Time

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

You don't have to own a vineyard to enjoy homemade wine. For fun or family tradition, home winemakers take pride in making a bottle that can't be found on grocery store shelves.

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Malloy Becomes CT's First Dem Governor in 20 Years

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Dannel Malloy was sworn in Wednesday as Connecticut’s first Democratic governor in 20 years.

And while it was a day of celebration — with a parade, formal ceremonies, an address to the legislature, and an evening ball — Malloy says he’s keenly aware of the challenge ahead. Together, he and the Democratically-controlled state legislature face an estimated $3.5 billion budget shortfall next year.

That’s about 20 percent of the state’s entire budget.

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Criticizing Cable News

Monday, May 28, 2007

Jeff Cohen, the founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, has worked for Fox, CNN, and MSNBC. In Cable News Confidential he argues that all too often, these major cable news channels fail to cover the most pressing stories.

Cable News Confidential is available for purchase at

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Behind the Stories

Monday, May 28, 2007

Jeff Cohen, the founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, argues that Fox, CNN, and MSNBC often fail to cover the most pressing stories. Later on, Texas music icon Dale Watson talks about his latest album. And we talk about the first English translation of a best-selling, award-winning noir novel ...

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