CT Health Reform

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…

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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,…

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We are 17.7% of the way to health reform’s Jan. 1 deadline

By Ellen Andrews | March 7, 2013

CT policymakers have completed 17.7% of the tasks necessary for health reform; most are due on Jan.1st of next year.…

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LIA waiver denied

By Ellen Andrews | March 5, 2013

The administration’s plan to apply an asset test to families of young people in the Low Income Adults program (formerly…

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Exchange prices will likely be very high

By Ellen Andrews | March 1, 2013

The Hartford Courant is reporting that premiums in the CT Health Insurance Exchange – Access Health CT – will be…

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CT Health Insurance Advisory Council hearing

By Ellen Andrews | February 27, 2013

Three of the four speakers at yesterday’s public hearing testified in favor of SB-957, An Act Establishing a Health Insurance…

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CT exchange hire for call center has troubled history with the state

By Ellen Andrews | February 26, 2013

CT’s health insurance exchange has hired Maximus to provide the critical call center service for the new marketplace. Consumers with…

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Exchange update: HUSKY parents at risk, out of network standard plan costs alarming

By Ellen Andrews | February 22, 2013

Public testimony before yesterday’s CT Health Insurance Exchange Board centered on the administration’s proposal to cut eligibility for HUSKY parents…

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Positive active purchasing hearing

By Ellen Andrews | February 1, 2013

Fifteen of the nineteen testimonies for yesterday’s Insurance Committee public hearing on SB-596 were in favor of active purchasing. Proponents…

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