CT Health Reform

Exchange fix bill dies in Senate

By Ellen Andrews | May 10, 2012

The bill to bring the CT Health Insurance Exchange into compliance with federal regulations died on the Senate calendar last…

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CT small businesses struggle with health benefits

By Ellen Andrews | April 30, 2012

A new survey by the Universal Health Care Foundation of CT found that two out of three CT small businesses…

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Bill to increase consumers on insurance exchange board passes House

By Ellen Andrews | April 26, 2012

Yesterday the House unanimously passed a much improved version of HB 5013. The amendment added another consumer and another small…

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Insurance exchange committee updates

By Ellen Andrews | April 23, 2012

The first meetings of the four CT health insurance exchange advisory committees were largely uneventful and had a lot in…

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Insurance exchange meeting update

By Ellen Andrews | April 22, 2012

The CT Health Insurance Exchange Board chose their three CEO candidates to send on to the Governor at last week’s…

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Experience to inform health insurance exchange outreach

By Ellen Andrews | March 21, 2012

CT has a long and varied history of outreach programs; some worked very well and some were less successful. There…

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Insurance Exchange meeting allows limited public comment

By Ellen Andrews | March 15, 2012

Partially responding to widespread calls to respect consumer voices, the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board allowed 12 minutes of public…

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CT Health Reform Dashboard — 10.7% progress to date

By Ellen Andrews | March 5, 2012

The good news is that CT is making progress. This month we are 10.7% of the way toward health reform.…

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Bill adding consumer and small business voices to Exchange Board passes Insurance Committee unanimously

By Ellen Andrews | February 21, 2012

Earlier today the legislature’s Insurance Committee unanimously passed HB-5013 with substitute language. The new bill language adds one consumer and…

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