CURRENT NEWS

Medicare Open Enrollment is Under Way!

October 17, 2019

Medicare Open Enrollment for 2020 is now under way. Through December 7 you can evaluate your options for Medicare and determine what coverage will meet your needs in the upcoming year. Please note that if you are currently on Medicare and prefer to stay with your existing coverage you don't have to do anything.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965

August 19, 2019

The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination by upholding the 14 and 15 Amendments. However, key provisions in the law to protect access to the vote were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, permitting some states to limit access to voting nationally, but not in Connecticut.

Our state has worked to improve voter access to registration, but we’ve since stalled on further expanding access. While we saw a record number of Connecticut citizens register to vote, and vote in the 2018 election, we must continue to remove barriers to voting.

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