CT Health Reform

Medicaid outreach recommendations

By Ellen Andrews | December 3, 2012

Small grants, engaging an army of trusted community messengers, ubiquitous marketing, and robust monitoring will be critical to enrolling the…

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Exchange Board and staff water down already watered-down affordability and access provisions

By Ellen Andrews | November 29, 2012

In a surprise to advisory committee co-chairs, CT Health Insurance Exchange staff submitted four alternative policy proposals at today’s Board…

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Joint exchange committees voting down active purchasing, cost control

By Ellen Andrews | November 28, 2012

While the votes are reportedly still coming in, it appears that the Consumer and QHP Insurance Exchange committees have voted…

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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…

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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”…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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