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Will CT’s new healthcare affordability measures lower costs?
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (1701+ words) by Katy Golvala, CT Mirror August 18, 2026 For years, Connecticut lawmakers and elected officials have been laboring to understand — and curtail — rapidly rising healthcare costs. They first gathered data to measure annual growth in healthcare spending and established benchmark growth rates....
Opinion: CT insurers deny adequate coverage for chronic illness
2+ week, 1+ day ago (522+ words) by Kim Adamski, CT Mirror August 3, 2026 My husband has Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by debilitating and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. It requires medical intervention, often including major surgery and biweekly infusions at a hospital…...
Insurance companies propose higher rates on CT health plans
2+ week, 4+ day ago (520+ words) by Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror July 30, 2026 The public will have a chance to weigh in on insurance companies’ proposals to raise rates on 2027 state-regulated health plans. The Connecticut Insurance Department scheduled a hearing for 9 a.m. on Aug. 26 at the Legislative…...
Do doctors have to petition insurers to get some care approved?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (306+ words) by Reginald David, CT Mirror July 22, 2026 Providers, whether they be specialists or primary care doctors, regularly have to seek approval from insurance companies before certain treatments, medications, imaging tests and procedures can be provided or covered. To help manage this…...
ACA coverage losses surge in Connecticut after subsidy expiration
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (744+ words) More than 22,000 people enrolled in Affordable Care Act health plans in Connecticut in 2026 lost coverage in the first six months of the year after failing to make their premium payments — a 75% increase over the same period last year, according to…...
New work rules to end Medicaid for thousands in CT. What to know
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (582+ words) 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. Support the CT Mirror reporting you rely on. Hundreds…...
Opinion: The automated gatekeepers of CT’s safety net
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (832+ words) Nonprofit and hyperlocal news organizations are welcome to republish CT Mirror stories and opinion pieces at no charge. If you do republish CT Mirror content we ask that you follow a few guidelines: by Timothy Scott, CT Mirror July 2, 2026 Support…...
Medicaid costs surged in 2024. It’s still CT’s cheapest insurance
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (674+ words) Nonprofit and hyperlocal news organizations are welcome to republish CT Mirror stories and opinion pieces at no charge. If you do republish CT Mirror content we ask that you follow a few guidelines: by Katy Golvala, CT Mirror June 26, 2026 Support…...
CT to cancel medical debt for another 97,000 residents
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (571+ words) More than 97,000 Connecticut residents will receive letters this week informing them that some or all of their medical debt has been erased, according to a Tuesday press release from the governor’s office. This marks the fourth round of a state…...
CT passes long-term care insurance safeguards
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (763+ words) On the final day of Connecticut's legislative session, CT Mirror reporters are at the Capitol delivering the news you need. Give now to publish the reporting that matters to Connecticut. by Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror May 6, 2026 Legislation that creates safeguards…...