{"id":222834,"date":"2025-09-13T06:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T06:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/222834\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T06:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T06:07:28","slug":"podcast-what-challenges-are-rural-health-care-providers-facing-in-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/222834\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast | What Challenges Are Rural Health Care Providers Facing In CT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hospitals and health care providers are under increasing pressure in the state and around the country. The Connecticut East podcast talks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kyle-kramer-69abb67\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Kramer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daykimball.org\/day-kimball-health-ceo-kyle-kramer-recognized-as-one-of-beckers-community-hospi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEO of Day Kimball Health<\/a>, about the pressures on rural health care providers like Day Kimball Health, which mostly serves communities in eastern Connecticut. <\/p>\n<p>Plus we take a look at other stories from across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMore from Connecticut East<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2025\/07\/07\/talking-pfas-with-a-connecticut-farmer\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pfas-zimmytws-shutterstock_2504460459-1200x882-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Talking PFAS With A Connecticut Farmer\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2025\/07\/07\/talking-pfas-with-a-connecticut-farmer\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talking PFAS With A Connecticut Farmer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>His farm has never used biosolids, and only a very few pesticides over the years. So why does Preston, CT farmer Jerry Grabarek\u2019s blood contain high levels of PFAS, also known as forever chemicals? He tells us what he thinks is causing it.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2025\/04\/07\/talking-healthcare-costs-and-companies-for-natl-public-health-week\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/doctor-hospital-background-healthcare-Blue-Planet-Studio-shutterstock_1008604453-1800x1012-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Talking Healthcare Costs And Companies For Nat\u2019l Public Health Week\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2025\/04\/07\/talking-healthcare-costs-and-companies-for-natl-public-health-week\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talking Healthcare Costs And Companies For Nat\u2019l Public Health Week<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s National Public Health Week\u00a0so we are talking about the healthcare industry with Sarah Worthy, CEO of Door Space, who gives us her frank opinions about where healthcare is going and why she believes we need to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>Plus we take a look at other stories from around the region.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/10\/04\/podcast-two-connecticut-doctors-talk-about-their-new-waterless-soap\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/connecticut-east-podcast-20231211-1200x1200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Podcast |Two Connecticut Doctors Talk About Their New Waterless Soap\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/10\/04\/podcast-two-connecticut-doctors-talk-about-their-new-waterless-soap\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Podcast |Two Connecticut Doctors Talk About Their New Waterless Soap<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A pair of entrepreneurial Connecticut doctors are on a mission to help us wash our hands without water as they launch the first truly waterless soap.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/08\/25\/helping-veterans-reconnect-davey-edwards-of-open-doors-outdoors-in-connecticut\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/connecticut-east-podcast-20231211-1200x1200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Helping Veterans Reconnect: Davey Edwards, Founder Of Open Doors Outdoors In Connecticut\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/08\/25\/helping-veterans-reconnect-davey-edwards-of-open-doors-outdoors-in-connecticut\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Helping Veterans Reconnect: Davey Edwards, Founder Of Open Doors Outdoors In Connecticut<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Open Doors Outdoors Founder Davey Edwards is a military veteran on a new mission \u2013 to reconnect his fellow veterans, their families, and young people using the great outdoors. We talk to Edwards about his new organization and why he\u2019s doing it on the Connecticut East podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Plus we take a look at other stories\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/07\/09\/talking-about-connecticuts-nuclear-power-future-and-millstone-power-plant\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/connecticut-east-podcast-20231211-1200x1200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Talking About Connecticut\u2019s Nuclear Power Future And Millstone Power Plant\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/07\/09\/talking-about-connecticuts-nuclear-power-future-and-millstone-power-plant\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talking About Connecticut\u2019s Nuclear Power Future And Millstone Power Plant<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The two nuclear reactors at the Millstone Power Plant in Waterford generate around half the electricity we use in Connecticut each year. We\u2019re talking about that and what the future of nuclear power looks like in the state on the Connecticut East podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/06\/04\/connecticut-east-listen-and-learn-about-the-national-prison-debate-league\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/connecticut-east-podcast-20231211-1200x1200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Connecticut East | Listen And Learn About The National Prison Debate League\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/06\/04\/connecticut-east-listen-and-learn-about-the-national-prison-debate-league\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut East | Listen And Learn About The National Prison Debate League<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re some of the brightest minds around and have taken on and beaten the best debate teams in the US. The Connecticut East podcast learns about the National Prison Debate League and its teams of incarcerated individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/05\/24\/connecticut-east-talking-to-veterans-remembering-and-honoring-those-who-served\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/connecticut-east-podcast-20231211-1200x1200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Connecticut East | Talking To Veterans, Remembering And Honoring Those Who Served\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/05\/24\/connecticut-east-talking-to-veterans-remembering-and-honoring-those-who-served\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut East | Talking To Veterans, Remembering And Honoring Those Who Served<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Memorial Day weekend and the Connecticut East podcast visits the Danielson Coffee House to remember and honor those who served and to talk with veterans who serve their community each month with their mobile food pantry.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/05\/18\/podcast-osten-somers-wrap-up-2024-session\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/connecticut-east-podcast-20231211-1200x1200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Podcast | Osten, Somers Wrap Up 2024 Session\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/05\/18\/podcast-osten-somers-wrap-up-2024-session\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Podcast | Osten, Somers Wrap Up 2024 Session<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut East podcast speaks with state Sens. Cathy Osten and Heather Somers about the 2024 legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/04\/16\/connecticut-east-a-conversation-with-anne-miller\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/connecticut-east-podcast-20231211-1200x1200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Connecticut East | A Conversation With Anne Miller\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2024\/04\/16\/connecticut-east-a-conversation-with-anne-miller\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut East | A Conversation With Anne Miller<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Brian Scott-Smith sits down with Anne Miller, executive director of TEEG, which is a non-profit human services organization with a 40-year history helping families in the quiet corner of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTagged: <a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/tag\/400pfriday\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">400pFriday<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/tag\/connecticut-east-podcast\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut East podcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/tag\/extra\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extra<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/tag\/federal-funding\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">federal funding<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/tag\/health-care\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">health care<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/tag\/push\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Push<\/a>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hospitals and health care providers are under increasing pressure in the state and around the country. 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