Connecticut health insurance exchange Archives

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…

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…

Connecticut health insurance exchange begins seeking out consumers

March 30, 2013March 28, 2013 Logan B.

Health insurance exchange in Connecticut is now looking for the uninsured Connecticut is one among a hand full of states in the U.S. that has opted to build and operate its own health insurance exchange. The state leads the country is terms of actually insured peoples, but that is not stopping Connecticut from seeking out the uninsured wherever they may be. The state’s health insurance exchange, which was approved by legislators shortly after the passing of the Affordable Care Act, has already begun looking to enroll uninsured consumers, under the…

Health insurance exchange in Connecticut gets some branding

February 26, 2013February 25, 2013 Logan B.

Connecticut officially names health insurance exchange Connecticut is one of the few states that is working to build its own health insurance exchange. The state will operate this exchange itself, rather than have that authority fall to the federal government. The exchange is meant to help address many of the health insurance issues that exist in Connecticut, namely people’s access to affordable coverage. This week, state officials announced that the exchange has been given an official name and will now be called Access Health CT. State-run exchange may be better…

Connecticut moves forward with health insurance exchange

December 5, 2012December 3, 2012 Nordstrom

Connecticut aims to have exchange operational ahead of deadline Connecticut is one of the few states in the U.S. that has made significant progress in establishing its own health insurance exchange. The state is keen to operate the exchange itself in the hopes of providing service to residents that is suited to the needs of the market. Though the state has made major progress over the past two years to build its own exchange program, the Legislature is now working to make the program a reality, hoping to beat the…