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Access Health CT offering special enrollment period- Affordable health insurance plans are available through the state’s health insurance marketplace during a special enrollment period which runs until June 30. The Access Health CT’s special enrollment period is for those who meet the eligibility...

.@AccessHealthCT just extended deadline to enroll in #healthinsurance from Dec. 15 to Dec. 31, 2021

The recently-completed legislative session notched a number of wins — but also some losses — for environmentalists this week. Advocates hailed improvements

$1,000 payment for those returning to work in Connecticut 09 Jun 2021, 22:04 GMT+10 HARTFORD, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has introduced a program in which Connecticut residents who return to work, and remain employed for eight weeks, will receive a payment of $1,000. Connecticut is hoping to use the program to encourage unemployed residents to return to work. As with all states, Connecticut faces a serious problem of businesses being unable to hire the people required to operate their busi...

Connecticut guarantees $1,000 bonus to returning workers Robert Besser 09 Jun 2021, 22:04 GMT+10 Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont introduced a program in which Connecticut residents who return to work, and remain employed for eight weeks, will receive a payment of $1,000 As with all states, Connecticut faces a serious problem of businesses being unable to hire the people required to operate their businesses In the week ending May 22, there were nearly 8,000 new job openings in Connecticut, an in...

Connecticut, Massachusetts leaders work to cap the cost of prescription drugs in both states Updated 12:40 PM; State lawmakers in Massachusetts and Connecticut will weigh similar legislation designed to control the price of prescription drugs and protect patients in each state from rising costs. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday detailed the drug-pricing plan included in separate but virtually identical provisions in bills that will be taken up by each...

CT pushes for prescription drug price control Julia Bergman FacebookTwitterEmail Connecticut and Massachusetts worked together early in the coronavirus pandemic to institute similar restrictions to keep their residents safe, and later to reopen their economies and lift stay-at-home orders. Now, Govs. Ned Lamont and Charlie Baker are hoping to lead the country in addressing one of the major underlying costs of health care: prescription drug prices. The governors hosted a joint news conference Tu...

CT lawmakers are considering two health care reforms. Here are the proposals. Jenna Carlesso, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail Gov. Ned Lamont speaks during a news conference in front of St. Vincent’s Medical Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 26, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media With the rising cost of health care a central issue this legislative session, lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration have both moved ahead with their own plans aimed at driving down prices and im...

The governors budget proposal does not include an expansion of Medicaid.

Lamont unveils plans to reduce cost of health care, cap price of prescription drugs The governors budget proposal does not include an expansion of Medicaid Gov. Ned Lamont’s health care proposals include a tax on insurance carriers and a limit on cost increases for prescription drugs. Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled two proposals Wednesday aimed at reducing the cost of health care – an annual assessment on insurance carriers that would bring in money for additional subsidies on Connecticut’s ins...