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Exchange advisory committees reject “any-willing insurer”

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2012

Today in a joint meeting of the Health Plan Benefits/Qualifications and Consumer Experience/Outreach committees of the CT Health Insurance Exchange…

Who is coming into LIA?

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2012

Today’s CT Mirror asks the question – who are the 37,000 new enrollees in the Low Income Adult Program? LIA…

CT Insurance Exchange holding public events

By Ellen Andrews | November 17, 2012

In response to concerns about the lack of public input, CT’s Health Insurance Exchange will be holding seven “Healthy Chat”…

Where are the consumers on the consumer committee?

By Ellen Andrews | November 13, 2012

Kevin Galvin of Small Business for Healthy CT reflects on the recent CT Health Insurance Exchange’s Consumer Committee meeting. A…

November webquiz – substance use rates in CT

By Ellen Andrews | November 7, 2012

Test your knowledge of substance abuse in CT. Take the November CT Health Policy Webquiz.

Why CT’s health insurance exchange needs to negotiate

By Ellen Andrews | November 6, 2012

CT’s health insurance exchange is not planning to negotiate with insurers to improve value and control costs for consumers. As…

Consumer questions to CT insurance exchange

By Ellen Andrews | November 2, 2012

Some initial questions from consumers for the exchange were collected for last Friday’s Consumer Conversations. Among the 43 early questions…

CT health reform progress up to 16.7%

By Ellen Andrews | November 1, 2012

CT inched up only 0.3% in progress toward health reform last month. We have completed 16.7% of the tasks needed…

Consumers raise concerns with CT insurance exchange

By Ellen Andrews | October 30, 2012

Consumers and small businesses had a rare opportunity to share their concerns with CT’s health insurance exchange Friday. A standing…