Jenna Carlesso // CTMirror.org
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Connecticut’s COVID hospitalizations have risen by 58% over the last four weeks.
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Lawmakers are targeting the rising cost of health care as a key issue they plan to tackle this upcoming legislative session, after hearing from hospital executives, representatives of insurance and pharmaceutical companies and other industry officials Thursday.
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ConnectiCare, which offers health plans on and off Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, says it will no longer sell new small group policies beginning December 1, 2022.
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Connecticut is facing an earlier-than-usual flu season with a substantial swell in cases, even as the state is dealing with a crush of respiratory syncytial virus cases among young children, Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani said.
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Connecticut’s two children’s hospitals are bracing for flu cases to swell as the colder weather sets in and a surge in patients tests capacity.
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Open enrollment for 2023 health plans on Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act exchange begins November 1, 2022
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Health advocates, elected officials and consumers are calling for an affordability measure to be added to the list of requirements for when health insurance companies set rates.
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Connecticut gubernatorial candidates Ned Lamont, Bob Stefanowski and Rob Hotaling answered CT Mirror's questions about health care policy.
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While the average increase approved by the state is lower than the rate requested by the insurance companies, it still represents a significant increase in costs to consumers in the coming year.
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Physicians are urging parents who have adopted a wait-and-see approach to vaccinating their young children against COVID-19 to get the shot before school resumes, when kids will again be in close quarters and infection rates are expected to rise.