CT Health Reform

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Pooling bill moves forward

By Ellen Andrews | February 21, 2012

Friday OPM approved the first step in allowing municipalities to join the state employee health care pool. The option was…

Advocates disrupt insurance exchange meeting

By Ellen Andrews | February 17, 2012

Yesterday, advocates spoke out during the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board meeting to protest the lack of consumer voices on…

Insurance public hearing to add consumers to insurance exchange board

By Ellen Andrews | February 14, 2012

Today, the Insurance and Real Estate Committee held a public hearing on HB-5013 – a very weak bill that would…