2013 Press Releases

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• 3/28/2013 Attorney General, Consumer Protection Commissioner Seek Information for Public From Sandy Hook Charities

• 5/24/2013 Attorney General Asks Federal Regulators to Consider All Alternatives in Environmental Review of Spent Fuel Storage

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with attorneys general in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York in asking federal regulators to broaden their generic environmental impact review of spent nuclear fuel storage at nuclear power plants.

• 2/14/2013 Attorney General: $29 Million Multistate Settlement Reached with Toyota Over Unintended Acceleration

• 11/22/2013 AG Jepsen Not Satisfied with Federal Response to Request for United Provider Network Review

  While the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will review United Healthcare’s provider networks following the insurance company’s decision to eliminate a significant number of doctors from its Medicare Advantage Plan networks beginning next year, Attorney General George Jepsen said today that the federal regulators need to do more to support vulnerable patients affected by the terminations.

• 10/29/2013 AG Jepsen Launches New Online Complaint Form on Hospital Facility Fees

  Attorney General George Jepsen today encouraged Connecticut patients who have been billed for a so-called “facility fee” without notice from their healthcare provider when receiving medical treatment, or who were told they would be charged a facility fee but were not told the amount or experienced difficulty in learning the amount of the facility fee, to submit a complaint to his office using a new form.

• 12/17/2013 AG Jepsen Joins Colleagues in Bipartisan Support of Proposed Federal “Patent Troll” Project

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 42 other state and territorial attorneys general in expressing support for a Federal Trade Commission proposed project to collect information about Patent Assertion Entities, also known as “patent trolls.”

• 10/24/2013 AG Jepsen Initiates Antitrust Lawsuit over Alleged Group Boycott, Bid Rigging in Southbury Snow Removal

  Attorney General George Jepsen has initiated an antitrust lawsuit against three companies and their key executives over allegations that they engaged in an illegal boycott and bid-rigging conspiracy involving snow removal and snowplowing services for the town of Southbury.

• 11/6/2013 AG Jepsen Calls on Federal Regulators to Examine UnitedHealthcare Provider Termination

  In a letter sent today, Attorney General George Jepsen has asked federal regulators to “aggressively scrutinize” UnitedHealthcare’s decision to terminate a large number of doctors from its Medicare Advantage Plan network in Connecticut.

• 6/5/2013 Attorney General Jepsen Asks Google for Meeting, Information on Glass Privacy Concerns

  Attorney General George Jepsen has asked Google to address concerns related to the company’s new head-mounted computing and recording device, Glass, and the potential impact the device may have on the privacy of Connecticut residents.