The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut on Tuesday unveiled a proposal for a new state health care program intended to expand insurance coverage to the state’s estimated 300,000 uninsured residents and cover up to 98% of all state residents by 2014, the Hartford Courant reports.
The SustiNet program, which would begin enrolling residents in [...]
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (R) on Monday said that there is time to build up the provider network for the state’s new Charter Oak Health Plan for the uninsured, the AP/Hartford Courant reports. Lawmakers have criticized the program for not having enough participating hospitals and physicians. Twenty-four residents were enrolled in the program as of [...]
Premiums for Medicare supplemental insurance in Connecticut could increase by as much as 12% to 15% in 2009 — “some of the largest premium increases in years,” the Hartford Courant reports. The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a request by United Healthcare to increase Medigap premiums by 8.4% to 10%, while Bankers Life and Casualty [...]
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (R) announced on Thursday that she has postponed until February 2009 a mandatory switch for 345,000 low-income HUSKY beneficiaries to new insurers, the Hartford Courant reports. HUSKY is the state’s Medicaid program (Keating, Hartford Courant, 10/24).
The state Department of Social Services since July has been trying to switch the beneficiaries, [...]
CMS has asked Connecticut health officials to clarify to HUSKY Health beneficiaries that they are not required to switch to new insurers by the end of December, the New Haven Register reports. HUSKY is the state’s Medicaid program (O’Leary, New Haven Register, 11/11). Last month, Gov. Jodi Rell (R) announced that she has postponed until [...]
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (R) on Friday overturned a plan that required physicians and hospitals participating in the HUSKY health coverage program for children to join the new Charter Oak health plan for uninsured adults, the AP/Hartford Courant reports.
Democrats in the General Assembly, activists for the uninsured and the majority of the state’s congressional [...]
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) on Monday recommended that the state Department of Social Services rebid contracts with managed care organizations for HUSKY and the Charter Oak health plan, but Gov. Jodi Rell (R) said that rebidding is not necessary, the New Haven Register reports (O’Leary, New Haven Register, 11/18). Rell on Friday overturned [...]
Here is a good news for doctors, Unitedhealth group is planning to offer “insurance” that you can buy health insurance in the future.
CT physicians are getting some relief in their medical malpractice rates, according to today’s Hartford Courant. Most will see no increase next year and some will save money. Unfortunately, those savings are not [...]
The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut “is about to launch the most ambitious proposal yet for health care reform” in the state, a proposal that “promises to raise a lively debate in the legislative session that starts Jan. 7,” the Hartford Courant reports.
Under the proposal, the state employees’ health plan would be greatly expanded [...]
The Connecticut Departmentof Social Services on Thursday released a request for proposalsby health insurers to administer the Charter Oak Health Plan, whichis designed to provide affordable health coverage for uninsuredresidents who do not have employer-sponsored coverage or qualify forother government-sponsored health programs, the HartfordCourant reports. Health coverage would be available basedon a sliding fee scale, [...]