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Access Health Audit Highlights Lack Of Internal Controls
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (529+ words) The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, known as Access Health CT, was not following established procedures with invoices, purchase orders, bid quotations and credit card use, a recent audit shows." The audit, conducted for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, also found that the…...
Lamont: State Health Care Enrollment Up As CT Works To Soften Federal Subsidy Elimination
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (537+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Even as enhanced federal Affordable Care Act subsidies expired and officials warned of widespread coverage losses, enrollment on Connecticut's health insurance exchange is running higher than last year, state officials said Wednesday, after the state moved to blunt…...
CT Senator, Health Care Advocate Push For Action On Health Insurance Costs
2+ week, 2+ day ago (465+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Just days after the special subsidies included in the Affordable Care Act expired, State Healthcare Advocate Kathleen Holt already is seeing the effect on people's day-to-day lives, she said. "We all know people impacted by Congressional failure to…...
Access Health CT’s 2026 Enrollment Deadline Extended, State Subsidies Available For Some
2+ week, 5+ day ago (483+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Access Health CT, Connecticut's official health insurance marketplace, has extended the final deadline to enroll in a health or dental plan for 2026 to Saturday, Jan. 31. The original deadline was Jan. 15. Customers who enroll now will have coverage starting…...
Access Health CT Website Back Online After Outages Disrupted Service On Deadline For Jan. 1 Coverage
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (291+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Connecticut's health insurance marketplace, Access Health CT is back online after a series of outages Monday impacted customers looking to enroll by the end of the day's deadline to have coverage as of January 1. Access reported Tuesday afternoon…...
Lamont: State's Most Vulnerable Will Get One-Year Health Care Subsidies At Cost Of About $70 Million
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (271+ words) With Congress at a stalemate over extension of the Affordable Care Act's enhanced subsidies, Connecticut will step in to pick up the slack. At least, some of it for some people. "We've been working really hard with OPM (Office Of…...
Officials: Connecticut Residents Face Health Coverage Losses, Cost Spikes In January
2+ mon, 16+ hour ago (1018+ words) HARTFORD, CT " Thousands of Connecticut residents could see their health insurance become unaffordable on Jan. 1 if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire at the end of the year, Connecticut's U.S. senators and state officials warned Friday. The lapse would trigger steep…...
Connecticut Treasurer’s Office Schedules Meeting To Discuss Portfolio Firm’s Connection With ICE Flights
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (777+ words) The Connecticut Treasurer's office is scheduled to meet this week with one of its investment funds, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), to discuss its involvement in deportation flights run by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. GIP has received investments of approximately…...
Latest Projection Shows CT To End Year With $322M Surplus
3+ mon, 15+ hour ago (391+ words) HARTFORD, CT " The state may end the fiscal year with a slightly larger surplus than expected, with both revenue and expenditures running above projections, according to numbers from the state Office of Policy and Management. In his monthly report to…...
CT Regulators Warn of ‘Rate Shock’ as Health Insurers Seek Double-Digit Premium Hikes for 2026
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (740+ words) Insurance Commissioner Andrew Mais laid out what's at stake at Monday's Insurance Department hearing. Seven carriers submitted eight filings affecting about 224,000 residents, including 70,000 small business employees." The companies seeking increases include Anthem Health Plans, CTCare Benefits Inc., Oxford Health Plans…...