Jenna Carlesso // CTMirror.org

Connecticut’s COVID hospitalizations have risen by 58% over the last four weeks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Open enrollment for 2023 health plans on Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act exchange begins November 1, 2022

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.

Connecticut gubernatorial candidates Ned Lamont, Bob Stefanowski and Rob Hotaling answered CT Mirror's questions about health care policy.

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.

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.