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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.
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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.