Health Insurance in Connecticut


Connecticut residents are looking for worthy health insurance plans that offer significant financial protection at a cost they can afford. Below is useful information.


There is a wide choice of quality health insurance plans for individuals and families from most of the leading health insurance companies in Connecticut like Aetna, United Health One, Cigna, and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, including Tonik health plans for individuals. The premiums for private medical insurance policies are all standardized and filed with the Connecticut Insurance Department. This means all agencies must quote the same rates. It is suggested that private insurance holders review their policy rate every 18 months.


Connecticut also provides a high risk pool plan for the individuals and families without health insurance in Connecticut, through the Connecticut Health Reinsurance Association (HRA).


Health Insurance for Connecticut Groups and Small Businesses (2-50 employees); Medical underwriting is authorized in Connecticut. Charges are based on the community rate including age, gender, location, industry, group size, and family composition.


Connecticut offers COBRA, the Consolidate Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. Many companies with 20 or more employees that provide health insurance are obligated to offer employees and their dependents continuation coverage for remuneration that were lost owing, for instance, to job loss, decrease in hours worked, death, or divorce.


Medicaid in Connecticut is a state/federal program that pays for medical and long-term care services for low-income pregnant women, children, certain people on Medicare, disabled persons and nursing home residents.


The Husky Plan is intended to assist all children who don’t have health insurance.


Others include; short term health insurance, student health insurance, and dental insurance


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Hospitals in Connecticut


Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport; Danbury Hospital in Danbury; Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich; Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk; St. Vincent Hospital - Bridgeport; Stamford Hospital in Stamford; Bristol Hospital in Bristol; Connecticut Children's Medical Centre, St. Francis Hospital, and Hartford Hospital in Hartford; Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain, and Southington; John Dempsey in Farmington; Manchester Hospital in Manchester; Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington; New Milford Hospital in New Milford; Sharon Hospital in Sharon; Middlesex Hospital in Essex, Marlborough, and Middletown; Griffin Hospital in Derby; Mid-state Hospital in Meriden; Milford Hospital in Milford; St. Mary's Hospital, and Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury; St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven; Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven; Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London; William Backus Hospital in Norwich; Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs; Rockville Hospital in Vernon; Windham Hospital in Willimantic; Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam.

Tickets On Sale Now For Boys And Girls Club "An Evening Of Stars" Gala And Auction On March 7Th

February 12th, 2010

                                                                                                                  

DATELINE:  MARSHFIELD, MA...

Tickets are $100 each or $1,000 for a corporate table that seats 10. Tickets may be purchased at the Boys and Girls Club in Library Plaza or online at Marshfieldboysandgirlsclub.com.

 

Approximately 350 people are expected to attend.  The evening promises to be dazzling with the following line-up:

 

  • Marshfield native Jonathan Hall, the Emmy award winning journalist and investigative reporter for WHDH Channel 7 News Boston will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening.

 

  • The club will honor former State Representative Frank Hynes and his wife Heather for their support of and dedication to the Boys and Girls Club and families in the area.

 

  • Molly Newcomb of Marshfield will be honored with the Roche Family Outstanding Young Adult of the Year Award and presented with a scholarship.

 

  • Ed Perry, owner of WATD-FM radio station in Marshfield and the club's Annual Fundraising Campaign Chairperson for 2008, will be honored with a Media Star Award for his generous promotion of Boys and Girls Club events.

 

  • Caricatures by Building 19's Mat Brown and talented graphic designer Sue Petersen will be offered.

 

  • "Joan Rivers" and the "Blues Brothers" will perform during the evening.

 

  • A live auction will be led by Paul Vercollone of VERC Enterprises in addition to a silent auction.

 

  • Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and dinner will be served.

 

The Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield hopes to raise more than $40,000, which was the amount raised at last year's gala in support of programs for more than 4,000 youths in the area.  This event is generously sponsored by:  Tufts Health Plan, Rockland Federal Credit Union, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and BuytheCase.net.

 

For more information about "An Evening of Stars" Gala and Auction or to purchase tickets or donate an item to the auction, visit the website www.marshfieldboysandgirlsclub.com or contact Shawn Costa, Director of Development at the club (781) 834-CLUB (2582).

                                                                                                      

About the Boys and Girls Club

The Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield's purpose is to establish a safe haven for recreation, which includes a variety of supervised activities for greater than 4,000 youth (between the ages of 6 to 18 years old) within the town.  The Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield has five Core Areas:  Character and Leadership; Education and Career; Health, Sport Fitness Recreation and Life Skills; The Arts; and Technology.  These Core Areas serve as the foundation for all programming.

 

As a privately-funded, non-profit organization, the Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield relies tremendously on the generous philanthropic support of individuals.  Financial gifts assist in providing the financial strength necessary to continue the club's mission "to enable and inspire all young people to realize their full potential as productive and responsible citizens, as well as become tomorrow's capable leaders."

 

For more information about the Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield, please contact (781) 834-CLUB (2582) or visit the website at MarshfieldBoysAndGirlsClub.com or write to the club at P.O. Box 311, Marshfield, MA  02050.

 

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Health Insurance in Connecticut