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CT bill would allow small businesses to pool workers to save on health insurance, proposes study of ‘Connecticut Option"
14+ hour, 8+ min ago (216+ words) David joined Hartford Business Journal as senior staff writer in January 2024; his beats include health care, bioscience and the state legislature. A UConn graduate, his long career in journalism included serving as a reporter and/or editor with the New…...
Hartford HealthCare partners with medtech firm to deploy AI against claim denials
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (174+ words) Hartford HealthCare, one of the state's largest healthcare systems, has formed a partnership with Milwaukee-based Sift Healthcare intended to reduce insurance claim denials and improve reimbursement accuracy by applying artificial intelligence earlier in the care process. Terms of the deal,…...
Cigna exec: No single player can solve U.S. health care affordability crisis
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (550+ words) Brian Evanko, president and chief operating officer of Bloomfield-based The Cigna Group, says solving the growing health care affordability crisis will require the combined efforts of all stakeholders. "It's going to require partnership," he said, citing employers, health insurers, health…...
Businesses warn health insurance requirements are driving up premiums, fueling calls for scrutiny
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1146+ words) Rep. Kerry Wood (D-Rocky Hill), co-chair of the state legislature's Insurance and Real Estate Committee, says she often hears the same thing about health insurance in Connecticut when she meets legislators from across the country. "I go to national conferences…...
Opinion: It’s time to get serious about association health plans
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (516+ words) Affordability of health insurance is at a breaking point for small businesses and nonprofits across Connecticut. With federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans potentially ending and premiums continuing to climb since the pandemic, employers are being squeezed from every…...
Should CT allow state-regulated association health plans for small employers and nonprofits?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (148+ words) Should CT allow state-regulated association health plans for small employers and nonprofits?hartfordbusiness.com Should CT allow state-regulated association health plans for small employers and nonprofits? Some Connecticut lawmakers are once again pushing for the state to allow state-regulated association…...
Lamont: 40K CT residents to have medical debt erased in initiative’s third round
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (350+ words) Nearly 40,000 Connecticut residents will soon learn that some or all of their medical debt has been erased, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday, as the state conducts a third round of an initiative intended to ease the financial strain caused by…...
The state’s health sector faces strong headwinds in 2026
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (205+ words) David joined Hartford Business Journal as senior staff writer in January 2024; his beats include health care, bioscience and the state legislature. A UConn graduate, his long career in journalism included serving as a reporter and/or editor with the New…...
Carstensen: Federal budget cuts, structural gaps put CT jobs at risk
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (392+ words) The September jobs report, published in December, showed that Connecticut is losing jobs. The state ranks 50th in payroll growth from 1989 to 2025 and is one of only three states that have failed to fully recover from the Great Recession. After a…...
Some ConnectiCare customers report enrollment, billing problems
2+ mon, 18+ hour ago (381+ words) 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 weren't processed for some people who…...