10+ hour, 43+ min ago  (916+ words) Calling it the start of a "conversation," legislators on the Aging Committee voted to pass a bill that would boost transparency around long-term care insurance rate increases and offer consumer protections. The amended bill would require the state Department of…...

11+ hour, 19+ min ago  (999+ words) State Sen. Saud Anwar, co-chair of the state's Public Health Committee, said he is concerned about the long-term well-being of Saint Francis Hospital and has asked Trinity Health's CEO Montez Carter to consider a "frank conversation with Trinity's headquarters in…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (506+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont has made health care affordability a cornerstone of his policy agenda. In his reelection campaign launch and during his State of the State address, he touted a long-term goal to develop what he's calling the "Connecticut option…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (825+ words) A number of provisions in President Donald Trump's blockbuster bill to enact his second-term agenda will go into effect throughout the year. Some parts of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, have already been implemented since Republicans in Congress approved…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (876+ words) Though Gov. Ned Lamont pledged $70 million in early December to partly offset vanishing federal aid for health insurance, prices quoted by the state's health exchange don't reflect that assistance yet " and might not until late March. A high-ranking state budget…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (797+ words) Surging Medicaid costs and dramatically shrinking federal aid are a recipe for fiscal crisis, state Comptroller Sean Scanlon warned Monday. And while Connecticut's chief fiscal watchdog didn't call for changing state budget caps that hamper the General Assembly's ability to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (197+ words) Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday that nearly 40,000 Connecticut residents will receive letters in the mail this week informing them that some or all of their medical debt has been erased. According to a statement, it is under an initiative the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (789+ words) In 2008, Leslie Silverman was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. A divorce left her without health insurance, and she was grappling with a chronic disease, all while raising three young children. When the Affordable Care Act passed, it was a saving grace,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (719+ words) Andrew Mais, who has led Connecticut's Insurance Department for nearly seven years, announced Friday he is retiring from the position next week. Gov. Ned Lamont tapped Josh Hershman, CEO of Immigrant Life Insurance Company of America and a former deputy…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (668+ words) Hartford-based Aetna, the health insurance giant owned by CVS Health Corp. is throwing down the gauntlet in its negotiations with UConn Health. "Every action it ( UConn Health) has taken in our negotiations has demonstrated their myopic focus on the goal…...