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Business and consumer groups back stronger health‑benefit review process in HB 6895
Summary
A coalition of business groups and consumer advocates urged the Insurance Committee to adopt changes to the state health‑benefit mandate review process so lawmakers can better assess cost and coverage impacts before new benefit mandates take effect.
Witnesses from industry, business groups and consumer advocates urged the Insurance and Real Estate Committee to strengthen Connecticut’s health‑benefit review process under House Bill 6,895.
Why it matters: State benefit mandates increase costs in the fully insured market, witnesses said. Advocates and business groups urged better, more routine actuarial review and public hearings to quantify potential premium impacts before the legislature votes on mandated benefits.
Liz DuPont Diehl of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group framed the…
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