I-Team In-Depth
Cost To Reach CT’s Uninsured: $156 Million
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What does it take to build a health insurance exchange that works? An early start. A detailed plan. A staff and contractors who know what they’re doing. Lots of public outreach.
Connecticut Health Investigative Team (https://c-hit.org/tag/kevin-counihan/)
What does it take to build a health insurance exchange that works? An early start. A detailed plan. A staff and contractors who know what they’re doing. Lots of public outreach.
Connecticut consumers who buy insurance on the new exchange will pay some of the highest premiums in the nation, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released Wednesday. While the report lauds lower-than-expected prices nationwide, it shows that the premium for a benchmark insurance plan, dubbed a “second lowest cost silver plan,” would cost an average of $436 a month in Connecticut – 33 percent higher than the national average, and fourth-highest in the country after Alaska, Mississippi and Wyoming. State exchanges, including Connecticut’s Access Health CT, will offer “bronze,” “silver“ and “gold” policies that vary in coverage, deductibles and co-pays. Consumers can begin to enroll for insurance on Oct. 1, with coverage beginning Jan.