The change was made in response to last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which had prevented the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in determining Medicare eligibility.
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CT authorizes six medical marijuana dispensaries
Connecticut officials have designated facilities in Branford, Bridgeport, Bristol, Hartford, South Windsor and Uncasville to serve as the state’s first six medical marijuana dispensaries.
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CT gets another insurer: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a nonprofit Massachusetts company, said Thursday that it has received a license to begin selling coverage in the state.
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Key CT legislator wary of proposed for-profit hospital moratorium
House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey Wednesday expressed reservations about a controversial proposal that would impose a moratorium on nonprofit hospitals becoming for-profit.
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CT Obamacare enrollment: 197,878, for now
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange ended its first open enrollment period with 197,878 people signed up for health care coverage, including 5,917 who enrolled Monday.
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CT’s contentious custody cases: Symptoms of flawed family courts, or outliers?
Some parents say the striking stories of custody cases gone bad are symptoms of a family court system in need of reform. But others involved in the system say wholesale change could undermine the system’s ability to protect the children caught in the middle.
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At Obamacare deadline, rush to enroll, questions about what’s next
Midnight is the deadline for people to enroll in private insurance coverage for 2014 and demand has been high. But whether the health law achieves its goals relies on far more than enrollment.
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CT Obamacare exchange enrolling more than 3,000 people per day
As of Wednesday afternoon, 178,601 state residents had signed up for Medicaid or private insurance through the exchange, Access Health CT.
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Obamacare enrollment deadline not changing in Connecticut
The federal government announced earlier this week that people signing up for health care coverage through the exchanges it runs could get some extra time to enroll. But that doesn’t apply in Connecticut, which runs its own health insurance exchange, known as Access Health CT.
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Obamacare affordability worries, confusion persist as deadline nears
From the start, affordability has been a major concern of both critics and supporters of the law officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And with the deadline for getting coverage approaching, many people are voicing their worries.
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Bill restricting for-profit hospital conversions advances
A controversial proposal that would put a moratorium on nonprofit hospitals converting to for-profits garnered enough votes to move forward Tuesday, but several members of the legislature’s Public Health Committee said their “yes” votes shouldn’t be construed as endorsing the measure.
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Access Health CT CEO taking Obamacare questions on Twitter today
Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health CT, will be answering questions on Twitter Tuesday from 2 to 3 p.m. It’s part of a Twitter town hall organized by Health Justice CT, which uses social media to raise awareness about racial and ethnic disparities in the state.
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Obamacare Q&A: Deadline scramble, repaying subsidies and what the new plans cover
This Obamacare Q&A includes questions about what to do about that deadline if your coverage is slated to run out later this year, what the government can and can’t do to you if you don’t get insurance, what the new plans cover and the possibility that some people might have to repay some or all of the federal funds used to discount their premiums.
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CT lawmakers, wary of changing health care landscape, consider restrictions on for-profit hospitals
The proposals restricting hospitals’ ability to become for-profit are unlikely to become law exactly as written. But they set the stage for what’s likely to be an intense debate about hospitals, fueled by the discomfort among many lawmakers about the way the health care system is changing.
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CT GOP wants to know how many exchange customers were uninsured
Among the measures still awaiting action by the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee is a controversial bill that would require the state’s health insurance exchange to report on the number of enrollees who were previously uninsured.
