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U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal slammed President Donald Trump for calling a video published by Democratic lawmakers “seditious behavior, punishable by death.”

Connecticut’s second-largest health system was named the successful bidder in an auction to acquire Manchester Memorial and Rockville General, two Connecticut hospitals owned by bankrupt hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings, according to court documents filed Saturday.

Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday issued a slew of executive actions seeking to protect COVID-19 vaccine access in Connecticut amid recent federal changes that are causing confusion over who’s eligible for shots, where people can get them and how much they’re going to cost.

Connecticut hospital executives offer their thoughts on potential service cuts, impacts on commercially insured residents and the hospital provider tax.

The U.S. senator’s report comes as the state awaits the launch of a bankruptcy auction to sell Prospect Medical Holdings’ three Connecticut hospitals.

Lawmakers’ efforts to thread two competing approaches didn’t come together before session ended in early June.

The settlement concludes an ongoing state investigation into unauthorized service cuts at Rockville launched in October of last year.

Proposed changes stop short of the scenarios that would have most heavily impacted enrollee benefits and the state budget.

The Vivistim device, implanted in a patient’s neck and chest, includes a battery and a narrow cable that wraps around the vagus nerve. When turned on, the device sends electrical signals to the brain.

The study comes after Connecticut approved the closure of the labor and delivery unit at Windham Hospital.