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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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CT lawmakers to back Obama, their own agendas, at State of the Union
WASHINGTON – President Obama is expected to roll out an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union speech that could increase the distance between the White House and Republicans in Congress. Connecticut’s lawmakers, however, will use the occasion to show support for that agenda – and promote their own.
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House approves bill that helps firehouses comply with the Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON – Who says there’s gridlock? The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously Monday, 401-0, to amend the Affordable Care Act so it’s clear volunteer fire fighters don’t count as full-time employees under the health care law
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Obamacare mandate hits some CT firms harder than others
WASHINGTON – Connecticut businesses must begin complying with the Affordable Care Act this year, but the new Republican-led Congress is trying to blunt the impact. Most efforts to change the ACA, however, will put Congress at loggerheads with the White House.
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Murphy breaks Senate tradition with high-profile stands
WASHINGTON – With his fight for gun control, defense of the Affordable Care Act and clashes with President Obama on foreign policy, Sen. Chris Murphy broke with a Senate tradition that freshmen should be seen and not heard. “I don’t think there’s a waiting period anymore for freshmen,” he said. “My constituents did not elect me to be a shrinking violet.” (This is the seventh and final story in a series about the roles each member of the Connecticut congressional delegation played in the 113th Congress.)
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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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CT gets $45 million for health care system redesign
Connecticut will receive $45 million in federal funds for an effort to redesign the state’s health care payment and delivery systems.
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Connecticut has winners, losers in $1.1 trillion U.S. spending plan
WASHINGTON – The massive $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that Congress struggled to approve – with little help from the state’s Democratic lawmakers – has some clear winners and losers in Connecticut, including Pratt & Whitney, Aetna Inc., food stamp recipients and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
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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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Access Health CT adds some plans excluding abortion coverage
Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, has added policies that exclude abortion coverage to those available from the state’s insurance marketplace. Their inclusion ended a lawsuit against Access Health brought by a couple who strongly oppose abortion.
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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.