Open enrollment for 2020 health plans on Connecticut’s insurance exchange is now underway. It’s the seventh enrollment period for the state’s marketplace.
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More CT hospitals end 2018 in the black, but financial picture mixed
The finances of Connecticut’s hospitals remained mostly unchanged in 2018, with slightly more hospitals turning a profit.
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As open enrollment approaches, health officials use census data to reach uninsured
Nearly 187,000 residents still lack coverage and many of them are low-income or minorities, a data point that is troubling state health officials.
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State, hospitals, still trying to reach legal settlement
It’s taking longer than anyone expected for the state to reach a deal with hospitals. Here’s why.
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Obamacare premiums on federal exchange to drop in 2020
Premiums on health insurance plans sold on the federal marketplace in 2020 will drop an average of 4% on benchmark plans, while the numbers of carriers selling plans will increase by a third.
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Health officials say Connecticut child has contracted measles
State Health Commissioner Renee Coleman-Mitchell said Friday that the child was not infectious while at school.
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Data show spike in number of CT schools that have lost herd immunity to measles
The data released by the state also shows the number of students claiming the religious exemption from vaccination shot up by 25% last school year.
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School-by-school vaccine data vital to moms of kids with compromised immune systems
The state is expected to release school-by-school vaccination data today. For moms like Rachel McCann and Lindsay David, that information is vitally important.
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Whistleblower alleges Medicare fraud at iconic health plan
Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected nonprofit health insurance plans, is accused of bilking Medicare out of millions of dollars in a federal whistleblower case.
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What is Connecticut’s religious exemption from vaccines? Here are five things to know about the controversial provision
Democratic legislators ignited controversy by suggesting the state repeal its religious exemption to mandatory vaccinations.
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DeLauro focuses on health risks of vaping as lung disease stumps CDC
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who has asked federal regulators to take e-cigarettes off the shelves, tackled the twin threats posed by teen vaping and an epidemic of lung injuries.
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Growing opioid crisis tests limits of methadone clinics
The frictions on New Haven’s Congress Avenue show why it’s difficult for Connecticut to deal with its opioid crisis.
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Connecticut flu shots are here, and officials want you to get one
Even if they are not 100% effective, flu shots are a smart bet, health officials say.
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Drumbeat builds for a Peace Corps of caregivers
Imagine a government program that would mobilize volunteers to help older adults across the nation age in place. One is on the way.
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26 hospitals penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates
Statewide, 90 percent of the hospitals will have their reimbursements reduced in the 2020 fiscal year that began Oct. 1.