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Lawmakers revive effort to reform long term care insurance
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (1228+ words) The legislature's Aging Committee has introduced a bill that aims to offer some relief to long-term care insurance policyholders who have been squeezed by large premium increases. Residents with long-term care coverage said during a public hearing Tuesday that the…...
Policyholders push for long-term care insurance reform
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (1112+ words) by Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror February 3, 2026 When last year's legislative session ended with lawmakers failing to pass reform on long-term care insurance, David Schwartzer was not surprised. For years, the General Assembly has struggled to adopt significant changes that would…...
CT official: $115M in health care subsidies coming, despite delays
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (977+ words) Join 11,000 readers who get The Issue, a free weekly newsletter with political analysis and insight. by Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror January 20, 2026 Though Gov. Ned Lamont pledged $70 million in early December to partly offset vanishing federal aid for health insurance, prices…...
Some ConnectiCare customers report enrollment, billing problems
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (391+ words) by Katy Golvala, CT Mirror January 9, 2026 A processing error has potentially left several hundred Connecticut residents who enrolled in 2026 Affordable Care Act health insurance plans without their selected coverage, state exchange and insurance officials said. Plan selections and premium payments…...
CT weighs extending open enrollment amid ACA subsidy questions
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1130+ words) by Lisa Hagen, CT Mirror January 7, 2026 With uncertainty in Congress around reviving expired federal health care subsidies, Connecticut officials are considering another extension of open enrollment for 2026 Affordable Care Act plans. Federal lawmakers are trying different avenues to bring back…...
Scanlon: CT must solve its Medicaid problem now
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (790+ words) by Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror January 6, 2026 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…...
What to know about the ACA subsidies set to expire Jan. 1
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1090+ words) by Katy Golvala and Lisa Hagen, CT Mirror December 18, 2025 This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort to distill our wide-ranging reporting into a "what you need to know" format and provide practical information to our readers....
Lamont pledges $70M for health care after US Senate deadlocks
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1695+ words) by Mark Pazniokas and Lisa Hagen, CT Mirror December 11, 2025 We are 90% funded by individual contributions. That means you create the'reader-powered journalism'that cuts through the noise, and delivers the trusted information Connecticut cares about. Connecticut will spend $70 million to partly offset…...
Access Health CT enrollment steady, despite in-flux ACA subsidies
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (819+ words) by Katy Golvala and Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror December 10, 2025 We are 90% funded by individual contributions. That means you create the'reader-powered journalism'that cuts through the noise, and delivers the trusted information Connecticut cares about. Federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance…...
Opinion: Federal funding loss puts CT's communities at risk
3+ mon, 4+ hour ago (350+ words) by Kendall Webb, CT Mirror November 25, 2025 Across Connecticut and the nation, nonprofits have been faced with making impossible choices. Many organizations that feed families, house the homeless, mentor children, and care for the most vulnerable in our communities have had…...