Gov. Ned Lamont, Access Health CT launch health insurance broker training program, ‘good for consumers’ [Hartford Courant]
Through a new broker training program, Connecticut’s health insurance exchange is aiming to diversify the ranks of health insurance brokers and reduce the number of uninsured residents in communities across the state.
The newly-formed
“Insurance is complicated enough; we all know that,” said
Through the
For the first year of the program, candidates must be residents of the
The first three geographic areas were selected because they have the highest rates of uninsured residents in the state, Michel said.
“We’ve learned the hard way, I think this last couple years, what disparities mean and what it means when you don’t have health insurance, what it means when you don’t get access to a test or a vaccine in this period of COVID,” Gov.
“That doesn’t just put you at risk; it puts your community at risk,” he said. “So that’s why we’re making this extra effort to make sure that nobody is denied the opportunity to sign up for Access Health CT.”
“I’m looking to create and build life-long generational benefits where our future kids can learn from our parents about the importance of having preventive services,” he said.
Applications for the
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