WASHINGTON — Aetna and Humana said Tuesday they have an agreement to sell Medicare Advantage business covering 290,000 people to rival insurer Molina if their planned merger is allowed to be completed. Aetna also said it is halting 2017 plans to expand participation on public exchanges and is reviewing all of its current participation on Affordable Care Act exchanges.
August 2, 2016 @ 10:17 pm
Posted inHealth
After strong push, 41 percent losing Medicaid get new coverage
After a strong push from Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, about 5,600 low-income parents and caregivers transitioned to new health coverage through the state exchange before losing their state-sponsored Medicaid at the end of July.
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State receives nearly $1 million in grants to combat Zika virus
State officials have nearly $1 million in new funds at their disposal to fight the Zika virus after receiving a pair of federal grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
The price of health care ’empire’ too high for consumers
Last Tuesday, the Office of Health Care Access (OHCA) held a public hearing regarding the Yale New Haven Health System’s proposal to take over Lawrence and Memorial Health. A very diverse cross section of the Greater New London community raised significant concerns about the impact of this consolidation on health care costs, access to health care services, and real local control over our community hospital. I share their concerns, and believe this deal should not be allowed to go through until we have real protection against high health care prices charged by the state’s fast-growing health care corporations.
Posted inMoney, Politics
Pew report: Half the states trying to promote retirement savings
Connecticut is not alone in developing new options to assist private-sector workers who lack a retirement plan, according to a recent report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. At least 24 other states have introduced legislation, studied state-sponsored retirement savings programs, or enacted programs to reduce poverty among retirees.