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Insurance carriers are requesting an average price hike of 20.4% for individual health...

The public can comment on Connecticut insurers' proposed individual health plan cost increases at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

The public will have a chance to weigh in on a request by insurance carriers to increase the cost of individual health plans next year by an average of 20.4%. The state Insurance Department has scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 15 beginning at 9 a.m. The hearing, typically held in a state office building downtown, will take place at the Legislative Office Building on Capitol Avenue in Hartford. The event was moved to accommodate what is expected to be a larger-than-usual crowd.

Attorney General William Tong still hopes to negotiate a more formal hearing.

State Sen. Tony Hwang says Affordable Health Act has failed, and urges public to speak...

A group of Connecticut officials on Wednesday assailed proposed double-digit increases in health insurance rates at a time of red-hot inflation and the enduring pandemic, demanding that the Insurance ...

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Healthcare Advocate Ted Doolittle said a public hearing is needed to allow scrutiny of the hikes that average 20% for the individual market and 14% for the group market.

Attorney General William Tong and others want a formal hearing with the opportunity for his office and the Healthcare Advocate to present independent analysis and to question insurance industry representatives under oath.

The rate hike requests were released by the state Insurance Department Friday.

Insurance companies that sell policies on and off Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act exchange are seeking an average increase of 20.4% on individual health plans next year, alarming advocates who fear people will forgo insurance because they can’t pay.