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• Malloy Orders $79 Million in Emergency Budget Cuts
  

  Gov. Dannel P. Malloy used his emergency fiscal authority Tuesday to cut nearly $79 million in spending, pushing the budget deeper into the black and preserving his conversion of finances to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which Malloy says is necessary for honest budgeting.
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• Demand For Home Care Workers Soaring, But Will There Be Enough Takers?
  

  So far, home care agencies have been able to handle the demand, although there are challenges in some pockets of the work force, such as speech and occupational therapy, said Deborah Hoyt, president and CEO of the Connecticut Association for Home Care and Hospice.  Read more in the CT Mirror...

• New State Hiring Restriction Unlikely to Quash DSS Proposal
  

  The Malloy administration announced that it will exercise tighter scrutiny on hiring by state agencies, but Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said he doesn't expect the higher standards to get in the way of his request to hire more than 100 new workers.  Read more in the CT Mirror...
   

• Will Regulating Home Care Workers Cost Jobs?

  President Obama wants to regulate wages for nearly 2 million home care workers. Supporters of the regulation say home care workers are underpaid, but others say the changes could force health care agencies to cut jobs. Host Michel Martin interviews a home care agency director, a client, and a labor reporter on National Public Radio.  

• Medicare Home Health Agency Utilization By State
  

  A document published by the Remington Report breaks down home care reimbursement costs, medicare patients served, total home care visits, and average reimbursement rates per patient.  Learn more about the 2010 Home Care Statistics...