Connecticut health insurance Archives

Connecticut officials are warning consumers of health insurance scams

December 15, 2015December 12, 2015 Logan B.

Insurance Department tells consumers to beware of phone scams The Connecticut Insurance Department is warning consumers to beware of phone scams from those claiming to represent health insurance organizations. These scams have become fairly common during the open enrollment season for insurance exchanges. During these times, many consumers are either looking for new policies or to renew their current health insurance policies that they acquired through exchanges. These consumers are being targeted by scams that seek to profit during the open enrollment period. Phone scams are seeking to exploit consumers…

Connecticut families could lose their health insurance coverage

March 20, 2015March 19, 2015 S.Vagus

Proposed budgets makes cuts to the state’s Medicaid program Proposed cuts to Connecticut’s Medicaid program could mean that many people will lose their health insurance coverage. Governor Dannel Malloy has proposed the state’s budget for 2016-2017, which includes changes to Medicaid’s eligibility. The changes would specifically affect the state’s HUSKY A insurance plan, which covers approximately 34,000 people throughout the state. According to an analysis from the Connecticut Health Foundation, the proposed changes would cause many people to drop their health insurance coverage. Families may lose their Medicaid eligibility due…

State agency modifies health insurance rate increase proposals

October 13, 2014October 11, 2014 Logan B.

Connecticut Insurance Department modifies some proposals, rejects others The Connecticut Insurance Department has modified rate proposals from health insurance companies for policies that will offer coverage in 2015. The agency has modified rate proposals from some of the state’s largest insurers, including Aetna and UnitedHealthcare. Some rate proposals were rejected, while insurers were required by the agency to change their proposals in order to reduce the financial pressure that consumers experience from the coverage. Some of the rate proposals that the agency has modified have to do with policies that…

Connecticut regulators deny rate proposals from two health insurance companies

August 5, 2014August 2, 2014 S.Vagus

Regulators deny insurers the ability to raise rates on 2015 policies The Connecticut Insurance Department has denied rate increase proposals from two insurance companies that had sought approval to raise premiums by at least 12% in 2015. One of the companies seeking an increase in premiums was Anthem Blue Cross, which had wanted approval to increase its rates by an average of 12.5%. State regulators have deemed this request “excessive” and denied the proposal, requiring the insurer to submit a new rate proposal for policies it plans to sell in…

Health insurance can now be purchased in a retail store

March 27, 2014March 24, 2014 H. Cutner

Consumers in Connecticut now have two more places in which to purchase coverage before the deadline. With under a week left to purchase health insurance in 2014, in order to comply with the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, Connecticut has taken a unique step to help to ensure that its residents have every opportunity to obtain the coverage that they need. There are two retail stores that are allowing people to simply walk in and enroll. Shopping for health insurance has never felt so much like shopping for…

Connecticut insurance companies required to provide sex change coverage

January 2, 2014December 31, 2013 Julie Campbell

Insurers in the state must also provide their policyholders with treatment and counseling for the procedures. The Connecticut Insurance Department has now issued a directive that states that all insurers within the state must provide their policyholders with coverage for sex change operations, counseling, and treatments. The department recently put out a bulletin to the various carriers throughout the state that indicated this requirement. According to the report, Connecticut insurance companies must all make certain that “individuals with gender dysphoria … are not denied access to medically necessary care because…

Regulators announce health insurance rates for Connecticut exchange

August 9, 2013August 7, 2013 S.Vagus

Health insurance rates announced for plans sold through exchange The Connecticut Insurance Department has announced the approval for individual and small group health insurance rates for plans that will be sold through the state’s insurance exchange program. The state is set to manage its own health insurance exchange, opting to do so in order to ensure that the exchange provides the best service to consumers it possibly can. The state’s exchange, called Access Health CT, will begin open enrollment in October of this year before the policies sold through the…