Officials with Connecticut’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority said they expect an “onslaught” of paid leave applications starting December 1, when Connecticut residents can begin submitting applications for the state’s paid family and
Healthcare
The number of Connecticut residents receiving Medicaid benefits has risen by 143,295 since January of 2020, nearing one million people, according to monthly Medicaid figures from the Department of Social Services. As of September –
The American Rescue Plan expanded the pool of people eligible to participate in Access Health CT, allowing Connecticut residents who were previously ineligible to participate in the program because of higher incomes to gain access
A panel of experts argued that healthcare provider consolidation through hospital mergers and private equity takeovers are limiting competition in the health care industry and driving health care prices higher, during an online informational forum
The Connecticut Working Families Party and affiliated organizations are planning to protest outside the Simsbury home of Cigna CEO Michael Cordani on Monday, April 26 over Cigna’s opposition to the public option healthcare bill. The
Less than a day before a vote on the controversial public option healthcare bill, members of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee received two documents: one a status report on the Partnership 2.0 plan, which
Republican Senate Leader Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, and Sen. Tony Hwang, R-Fairfield, pitched their plan to lower health insurance premiums and healthcare costs through a combination of a federal reinsurance program, accessing prescription drugs from Canada,
The public option healthcare bill pushed by Comptroller Kevin Lembo and Democrats would create a state-run healthcare program to compete directly with Connecticut’s flagship insurance industry and balance the cost of Medicaid expansion on the
State Comptroller Kevin Lembo pitched his bill to create a public option healthcare plan in a video conference hosted by the Working Families Party on February 3, saying he saw the bill as “transitional” toward
Gov. Ned Lamont announced in a press release a new website aimed at helping Connecticut residents navigate the state’s paid family and medical leave program, which is set to being in January of 2021. “No