CT Health Reform

CT up to 18.5% on health reform progress meter

By Ellen Andrews | April 4, 2013

CT policymakers have completed 18.5% of the tasks necessary for health reform; up from 17.7% from last month. Most tasks…

Exchange meeting update

By Ellen Andrews | April 3, 2013

Monday morning the CT Health Exchange Board held a special meeting by phone with only a few days notice and…

What can Charter Oak teach the CT health insurance exchange?

By Ellen Andrews | March 27, 2013

A comparison finds lower consumer costs in the current Charter Oak plan than the Access Health CT (the CT Health Insurance…

CT individual premiums expected to rise 29% next year

By Ellen Andrews | March 27, 2013

A new analysis by the Society of Actuaries predicts that non-group health insurance premiums will rise from the current monthly…

Insurance Exchange web portal needs work

By Ellen Andrews | March 22, 2013

The access health CT (formerly the CT Health Insurance Exchange) web portal got a chilly reception from stakeholders at its…

Small business absence in Exchange planning

By Ellen Andrews | March 16, 2013

Kevin Galvin’s blog today notes the continuing absence of a small business voice on the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board,…

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…

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,…

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.…