The deadline to sign up for private insurance under the federal health law this year is long past, but some state residents who are currently uninsured will have a 30-day window to sign up for plans during April — if they meet certain criteria. Here are the details.
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ConnectiCare takes lead as most popular insurer on exchange
ConnectiCare Benefits Inc. was the most popular carrier among plans sold on the state’s health insurance exchange this year, capturing 42.3 percent of the 110,095 people who signed up for insurance through Access Health CT. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state’s largest insurer and last year’s exchange leader, received 39.8 percent of signups.
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Enrollment rose, but age distribution stayed the same in CT exchange
Although enrollment in private health plans sold through Connecticut’s health insurance exchange rose by 37 percent this year, the age distribution of customers was virtually unchanged, according to data released by the federal government Tuesday.
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Access Health offers special April enrollment for health coverage
Access Health CT, the state’s insurance exchange, said Tuesday it will hold a special enrollment period during April to allow those who paid a penalty on their 2014 federal taxes for being uninsured to enroll for coverage for the balance of 2015 and limit penalties on their taxes next year.
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Access Health CT: 110,095 picked Obamacare insurance plans
The 110,095 private insurance customers includes 68,231 people who also had coverage through Access Health in 2014 and 41,864 new customers. Seventy-seven percent qualify for federal tax credits to discount their insurance premiums, while the rest must pay the full price for their coverage.
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Wadleigh named CEO of Access Health CT
Jim Wadleigh, who joined the state’s health insurance exchange as chief information officer in 2012, has been leading quasi-public agency on an interim basis since September.
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Special CT Obamacare enrollment period? Stay tuned
People who didn’t have insurance last year – and didn’t have a valid excuse – will have to pay a fee when they file their taxes. That might prompt them to want to get coverage this year. Because the sign-up period ended Sunday, some are urging health insurance exchanges to hold special enrollment periods.
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As Obamacare sign-up period winds down, a final push for the uninsured
Sunday is the last day to buy private health insurance this year, and those trying to reach the uninsured are making calls, sending mail and visiting libraries, grocery stores, tax clinics, churches, big-box stores and bus stops in a final enrollment push.
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Key tax forms delayed for 3,600 Connecticut Obamacare customers
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange has delayed mailing 3,600 customers the forms that will be needed to file their tax returns, and might not send them out until the end of February.
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ConnectiCare leads the pack in new Obamacare enrollment
ConnectiCare Benefits Inc. has the largest share of the market so far among new customers signing up for insurance coverage through Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, Access Health CT.
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86,000 in Connecticut now signed up for Obamacare
About 86,000 people are slated to receive private insurance coverage through Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, as of Jan. 1, acting CEO Jim Wadleigh said Wednesday.
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First Obamacare insurance deadline is Monday, but with a grace period
Connecticut’s health insurance exchange has added a grace period for people who begin applications and select plans by midnight Monday, the deadline for people who want coverage Jan. 1.
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For Obamacare clients and some uninsured, tax time may get complicated
This is the first year Americans are required to have health insurance. But how will they show they’ve complied with Obamacare’s individual insurance mandate?
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Access Health says it has 11,604 new Medicaid and insurance customers
In the first week of open enrollment, 2,659 new customers signed up for private insurance plans and 8,945 people signed up for Medicaid through Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange.
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A guide to health care in Connecticut
Navigating health care can be confusing, but we’re here to help. Now that we’re in the signup period for Obamacare, we have everything from calculators FAQs to help you figure out how much insurance will cost, and stories to tell you what’s changing from 2014 to 2015.