Health Care

In spite of the pandemic, CCAG, in coalition with our state and national partners and Connecticut citizens, continues to take action on our issue agenda - including all we can do to protect our health.

CLICK HERE FOR 2022 LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP

Are problems with your insurance stopping you from getting the care you need? Getting organized with the CT Citizen Action Group, and the national Care Over Cost campaign, can help.

Click here to share a basic overview of the issue(s) you are experiencing with your health insurance, and to learn about resources to help if you are experiencing a claims denial.

With our partner, People’s Action, we are collecting stories of claim denials to inform our work and to share with lawmakers. We will not share your story without your permission – but it’s important to make known how insurance companies are denying you care while asking for rate hikes.

We will also offer you state and local resources to help with any denied claims. This survey will remain open for the rest of the summer and fall

Share your story, learn about resources to challenge unfair claims denials, and help us challenge the commodification of health care!

Health Insurance Companies Seek Even Greater Profits

Health insurance companies sought to raise your rates an average of 20% -- while spending billions on executive pay, buying back their own stock, and profits for already rich shareholders.

CCAG spoke out at a press conference and at the CT Insurance Department's hearing in August, and greeted lawmakers with a reminder that Insurance Greed Kills as they entered the public hearing. Advocates and lawmakers cited our report as they challenged the requested increases.

The Insurance Department allowed increases less than the requested amount - but still too much, given that these increases come at the expense of your care. Join the fight - take the survey above today!

Victory in 2022: Health care for children

In Connecticut, undocumented immigrants are unable to access healthcare coverage. They can’t buy into AccessHealth CT, are not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare, and private insurance companies are either too expensive or outright reject applications from undocumented individuals.

Health care is a human right. We can and must to better.

The HUSKY for Immigrants coalition won coverage for pregnant woman ,and children aged 13 and under, who are not documented, beginning in January of 2023. These children will not lose coverage when they turn 18. It is not enough - we will fight until all people have quality, affordable health care.

Connecticut's Five Families

Health insurance companies are making billions by denying you care.

Five of them sent a letter to Governor Lamont in April, threatening to move jobs out of Connecticut if we passed a Public Option. It worked, and the Public Option was scrapped in the final days of the 2021 session.

CCAG is investigating, and bringing you information you need about the greed and profiteering of these companies.

Our latest report, Pandemic Profiteering: Making a Killing on COVID, finds that what these companies reported in profits, and spent on stock buybacks, could have funded the entire state of Connecticut for two years.

Our first report, on CEO compensation, showed that those five companies paid their CEOs $137.7 million in the last year. Our second, Games Insurers Play: How Low Will They Go?, explores the tactics and money spent in the 2021 legislative session. It shows that the industry, these Five Families, and dark money groups who don't disclose their donors spent at least $1.3 million lobbying in just six months.

By adding thousands of small businesses, nonprofits and individuals to the state's Partnership Plan, a Public Option would have offered affordable, quality coverage to tens of thousands of people. But it would have impeded the skyrocketing profits of the insurance industry. It's time our lawmakers listened to the people of Connecticut, rather than millionaire insurance executives.

Make sure to like, follow and share our new Five Families Facebook page, and click here to take action and sign up for updates.

Related News: No way to run a healthcare system. CT Mirror Viewpoints by Liz Dupont-Diehl, October 25, 2021

CCAG Health Care Coalitions

CCAG co-chairs the Medicaid Strategy Group, a coalition of health advocates working together to improve and defend the quality and reach of HUSKY programs in Connecticut through administrative and legislative advocacy. Medicaid is a vital source of health insurance for low-income families. Connecticut has a robust Medicaid program that should allow more people in the state to get the health care they need. For more information, contact CCAG Organizer and MSG Co-Chair Jonathan Gonazalez-Cruz.

CCAG is also a member of Husky4Immigrants, a coalition of organizations around Connecticut fighting for policies to expand healthcare access to all immigrants regardless of status, and to open eligibility to the HUSKY health program. CCAG and members have succeeded in making HUSKY insurance available to undocumented children aged 13 and under who are eligible, and secured it through age 18. It is a victory - but we will not stop fighting until all Connecticut residents have affordable, quality health care! For more information, visit facebook.com/HUSKY4IMMIGRANTS/

CCAG is also part of other coalition efforts for other related issues, including lowering the cost of prescription drugs, battling the commodification of health care, promoting a public option, and ensuring all Connecticut residents have quality, affordable health care.

Access Health CT Enrollment

Free help is available through Access Health CT, including navigators and application counselors.

Covered Connecticut is a new option that Access Health CT offers. For those who qualify, there are $0 monthly costs and $0 out-of-pocket expenses.

For many people, costs are lower now. Those who have considered coverage from Access Health CT in the past might be surprised by the current costs and would benefit from finding out their options.

Quick Enrollment Information
Online: Go to Access Health CT Annual Open Enrollment
Call: 1-855-805-4325
To learn more about Covered Connecticut,
visit: https://help.accesshealthct.com/en_US/covered-connecticut-program