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When state lawmakers scaled back Medicaid eligibility for
thousands of low-income parents to help balance this year’s budget, proponents
argued the parents could buy deeply discounted coverage through the state’s
health insurance exchange. But so far, fewer than 20 percent of those who lost
coverage at the start of this month have signed up. Continue Reading →
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By: Ana Radelat | September 10, 2015
WASHINGTON– Congressional Republicans are blaming a wave of
mergers and other types of consolidation by hospitals, pharmaceuticals and
insurers, on the Affordable Care Act. That new interest in consolidation on the
health care field is bringing unwanted political attention to the proposed
Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna mergers. Continue Reading →
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Insurance prices will change in 2016 for the nearly 170,000 Connecticut residents
who buy their own health plans. So what will people be paying? Here's a look,
broken down in two ways. Continue Reading →
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The fitness group walked in loops on the path with
51-year-old member Cindy as its unofficial cheerleader, But
this is not a typical exercise group. It's part of a statewide effort to bring
together mental and physical health care for thousands of people with serious
mental illness, chronic medical conditions and high health care costs. Second of two stories. Continue Reading →
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Premiums for the 55,000 people who buy Anthem Blue Cross and
Blue Shield health plans through the state’s
individual market will rise by an average of 2.4 percent next year, while ConnectiCare Insurance Company’s 34,400 customers will see
an average rate hike of 8.5 percent. Continue Reading →
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For years, health care experts have recommended better
connecting primary care and mental health. Efforts to do so have lagged, but
some experts now say they see momentum picking up. First of
two stories. Continue Reading →
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The controversial financing of a $200 million outpatient
facility at the University
of Connecticut Health Center
is the center of a dispute between the state auditors and the university. Continue Reading →
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What really happened to hospitals since Obamacare's
2010 passage? To find out, we looked at recently released financial data from
the 2014 fiscal year, the first after the major coverage expansion provisions
of the health law took effect. Continue Reading →
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Church and state have given final approval to a merger that
will join St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center of Hartford with Trinity
Health, a national Catholic health care system of 86 hospitals in 21 states. Continue Reading →
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Families and advocates say they are concerned by a recent
sharp rise in the rate of denials for extended home nursing care that helps families
caring for young people with significant medical needs. Continue Reading →
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Aetna-Humana, Anthem-Cigna mergers
spark D.C. lobbying war
Aug 31, 2015 05:30 am By:
Ana Radelat | CTMirror.org August 31, 2015
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Washington – With high stakes in play, Aetna has hired four
high-powered Washington
lobbying firms to help the health insurer win federal approval of a merger
with Humana. Cigna followed by hiring three D.C. lobbying firms this week to
press its case to merge with Anthem.
To help counter
criticisms of its proposed merger, Aetna on Aug. 14 hired Bloom Strategic
Counsel, CGCN Group, The Gibson Group and West Front
Strategies. They will join two other lobbying firms Aetna already had working
on its behalf, Capitol Hill Consulting Group and Sidley Austin.
Meanwhile Cigna last week hired Polaris Government
Relations, Heather Podesta + Partners and Wilmer
Cutler Pickering
Hale and Dorr, giving the company representation with ties to both Democratic
and Republican lawmakers. Continue
reading at ….
http://ctmirror.org/2015/08/31/aetna-humana-anthem-cigna-mergers-spark-d-c-lobbying-war/
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Regulator lowers most proposed health insurance rate hikes
By: Arielle Levin
Becker | August 29, 2015 CTMirror.org
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Most insurance companies selling health plans in the state’s
individual market will get to raise customers’ premiums in 2016, but not by as
much as they proposed, and one major carrier will have to lower its rates,
according to decisions released by the Connecticut Insurance Department
Saturday. Continue Reading →
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