CT Health Reform
ConnectiCare withdraws SHOP exchange proposal
ConnectiCare has notified Access Health CT, our state’s health insurance exchange, that they are withdrawing their proposal to participate…
Read MoreHealthyCT lowers rates in insurance exchange
Healthy CT, the new co-op insurer created with federal support under the ACA, has revised their proposed premiums for…
Read MoreACA employer mandate delayed; tiny number of CT employers affected
Only 3% of CT employers with over 50 workers don’t offer health benefits; nationally 4.3% don’t. Despite this on…
Read MoreCT health reform progress first time drop to 21.8%
For the first time, Connecticut moved backward in progress toward health reform from 22.5% of tasks completed last month…
Read MoreHealth Insurance Exchange Board meeting update
Today’s Access Health CT Board meeting was largely uneventful; despite that, the room was packed. The highly anticipated report…
Read MoreMedicaid Council update
Today’s Medicaid Council focused on the SIM planning process working to reform CT’s health system across payers. The project…
Read MoreBill directing exchange to negotiate premiums died on House calendar
SB-596, a bill that would have implemented active purchasing in Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, died yesterday without action by…
Read MoreAnthem proposed rates for inside and outside exchange filed
Yesterday, Anthem’s proposed 2014 rates were posted on the insurance department’s website. Proposed base rates (costs for an average…
Read MoreAetna exchange premiums lower than competitors; all higher than CA rates
Wednesday, Aetna submitted proposed rates for Access Health CT, the state health insurance exchange. Averaging $364 per month for individual…
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