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CT individual premiums expected to rise 29% next year

By Ellen Andrews | March 27, 2013

A new analysis by the Society of Actuaries predicts that non-group health insurance premiums will rise from the current monthly…

HUSKY parents cut – costs outlined, rally planned

By Ellen Andrews | March 25, 2013

The Governor’s budget proposed cutting 37,500 working parents from Medicaid in 2014. Families affected have incomes between 133 and 185%…

Insurance Exchange web portal needs work

By Ellen Andrews | March 22, 2013

The access health CT (formerly the CT Health Insurance Exchange) web portal got a chilly reception from stakeholders at its…

Room change — Insurance exchange experts panel coming to CT

By Ellen Andrews | March 18, 2013

Tomorrow’s panel — Health Insurance Exchanges: How Connecticut Can Benefit — a panel of national and state experts sponsored by…

Small business absence in Exchange planning

By Ellen Andrews | March 16, 2013

Kevin Galvin’s blog today notes the continuing absence of a small business voice on the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board,…

Choosing Wisely grand rounds

By Ellen Andrews | March 15, 2013

Tuesday’s John Boden Symposium at Middlesex Hospital featured Michael LeFevre, MD, from UMissori-Columbia and Vice-Chair of the US Preventive Services…

CT Insurance Exchange standard plan – it got worse

By Ellen Andrews | March 14, 2013

Unaffordable in its first version, the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board today voted unanimously to raise deductibles and copays on…

6 of 14 state exchanges actively purchasing coverage – but not CT

By Ellen Andrews | March 13, 2013

A new update on health insurance exchanges by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that six states – CA, MA, NY,…

Insurance exchange experts panel coming to CT

By Ellen Andrews | March 12, 2013

Next Tuesday CT will host — Health Insurance Exchanges: How Connecticut Can Benefit — a panel of national and state…