Rell Pushes HMOs

by Paul Bass | March 26, 2006 10:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Gov. Jodi Rell had to make a choice. Would she support one of her top aides and help HMOs continue to defy an order to come clean with how they spend over $700 million in taxpayer money earmarked by health care for the poor? Or would she push the HMOs to obey the order -- issued by the state Freedom of Information Commission (FOIC) -- to make public documents about how they spend the money? A letter from Rell's staff lawyer to the FOIC gives the answer: She's siding with the public. Click here to read the letter.