CT Health Reform

Exchange premiums up from this year, lots of variation

By Ellen Andrews | August 8, 2013

  Our analysis of the recently announced 2014 Access Health CT standard plan premiums finds that for five typical CT households…

Aetna leaves CT insurance exchange

By Ellen Andrews | August 5, 2013

  Aetna has withdrawn their application to participate in Access Health CT, our state’s health insurance exchange. Aetna’s proposal was…

CT Health Reform Progress Meter moves up to 23.1%

By Ellen Andrews | August 1, 2013

  CT policymakers have completed 23.1% of the tasks necessary for health reform, making up for last month’s drop. Most…

Access Health CT rates up sharply, CID review and competition helped

By Ellen Andrews | July 30, 2013

Today’s CT Health Insurance Exchange/Access Health CT board meeting included a report from Wakely actuaries hired by the exchange to…

ConnectiCare withdraws SHOP exchange proposal

By Ellen Andrews | July 29, 2013

  ConnectiCare has notified Access Health CT, our state’s health insurance exchange, that they are withdrawing their proposal to participate…

HealthyCT lowers rates in insurance exchange

By Ellen Andrews | July 26, 2013

  Healthy CT, the new co-op insurer created with federal support under the ACA, has revised their proposed premiums for…

ACA employer mandate delayed; tiny number of CT employers affected

By Ellen Andrews | July 5, 2013

  Only 3% of CT employers with over 50 workers don’t offer health benefits; nationally 4.3% don’t. Despite this on…

CT health reform progress first time drop to 21.8%

By Ellen Andrews | July 2, 2013

  For the first time, Connecticut moved backward in progress toward health reform from 22.5% of tasks completed last month…

Health Insurance Exchange Board meeting update

By Ellen Andrews | June 26, 2013

  Today’s Access Health CT Board meeting was largely uneventful; despite that, the room was packed. The highly anticipated report…