Health coverage to rise for some CT small businesses
Average rates will go up by a smaller margin for those who purchase coverage through individual plans, at 3.65 percent on average. But those figures mask far wider swings for some depending on the plan -- as high as 16 percent for individuals and 27 percent for small groups, though some plan members will see percentage declines into the low double digits.
The majority of
Open enrollment begins
It was the first set of rate deliberations for
More than 75,000 people getting ConnectiCare coverage through the state exchange will see rates rise 2 percent. Close to 24,000 more who get off-exchange small-group coverage from ConnectiCare will absorb a 3 percent increase on average.
Premiums will go up between 8 percent and 9 percent for small businesses employing more than 45,000 people who secure coverage through
A tax penalty will not be in effect next year that under Obamacare had been levied on those who did not get health insurance coverage, intended as a strategy to reduce overall health-care costs by getting people to see doctors for checkups; and to chip away at the number of instances in which hospitals foot the costs for emergency room care provided patients who lack insurance.
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