Report: Many CT Consumers Don't Understand Their Health Insurance Policies according to : Hartford Courant

"The first big step is stepping up our patient education to increase health insurance literacy, and also to implement more consumer-friendly health insurance plans." Insurance plans typically use complicated language that is difficult to understand, according to the Health Disparities Institute, UConn Health. "Health insurance by itself is extremely complex," she said, adding many enrollees through AHCT have no prior experience with insurance. More needs to be done to educate all health insurance consumers, regardless of where they buy their policies, said Lisa Freeman, executive director of the nonprofit Connecticut Center for Patient Safety. The institute conducted a statewide poll last year among 516 adults who enrolled in qualified health plans through Access Health CT (AHCT), the state health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act.




New research suggests having health insurance reduces the risk for death. Researchers said about one person will die for every 800 people without health insurance in a year. Sarah and Fred Zorn have struggled for nearly a decade to find and keep health insurance. Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | TwitterMIAMI (CBSMiami) — As the debate continues about repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, also known as 'Obamacare,' new research shows having health insurance saves lives. If you don't have health insurance, you're unlikely to get treatment for your diabetes or your depression," said study author Dr. David Himmelstein with the CUNY School of Urban Public Health at Hunter College.

White House Bashes CBO Forecast 22M Lose Health Insurance Under Senate Plan

CBO issued its scoring of the Senate plan, saying it would leave 22 million people without health care insurance over the next decade. The White House responded: The White House, which has said it wants the Senate's Trumpcare plan to have more "heart" than the House's "mean" Trumpcare plan, did not appreciate the Congressional Budget Office stepping on that storyline today.


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