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State Releases Decisions on Health Insurance Rate Increases

State Releases Decisions on Health Insurance Rate Increases

The state Department of Insurance has made decisions on proposals health insurance companies made to increase rates rate and state officials approved some rates, but denied some of the rate increases Anthem and ConnectiCare were looking for.The Insurance Department issued rulings Friday on 17 rate filings from 12 companies that sell individual and small group plans that cover nearly 300,000 people in Connecticut.Anthem Health Plans and ConnectiCare were two of the three companies to go through public hearings for individual rates and Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade decided that the rates were excessive and ordered the companies to resubmit their calculations by than Sept. 7.


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Presidential Election Shakes Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Presidential Election Shakes Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

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