Supporters rally to save Connecticut's independent healthcare watchdog
Hartford Courant, February 12, 2009
The Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate, an independent agency that advocates for consumers on health coverage issues, is facing elimination under Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposed budget. Rell's administration has said the cut was part of an effort to reduce the size of government and that other agencies also monitor health insurance.
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