CT Health Reform

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

CT still earns a C+ on reform

By Ellen Andrews | January 26, 2013

Connecticut health care thought leaders give our state a C+ on health reform again this winter; grades have varied between…

Exchange Board approves expensive standard benefit plan

By Ellen Andrews | January 24, 2013

At today’s meeting the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board unanimously approved an admittedly unaffordable standard benefit plan. The plans include…

Bills filed to fix insurance exchange and strengthen premium rate review

By Ellen Andrews | January 23, 2013

Sen. Joe Crisco, Co-Chair of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee, has filed bills to protect consumers in health reform.…