Faced with an increasingly aging population, today’s reality reveals a harsh truth: healthcare systems in the EU and the rest of the world are ill-equipped to provide early and timely diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and adopt innovative treatments that can help preserve memory and, therefore, independence. Recent advances suggest that timely intervention may hold promise … Read more
SPRINGFIELD — The state has suspended a new policy that requires certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copays for certain services, instructing health care providers to refund any payments they have already received. Omar Shaker, acting chief of administrative rules for the Department of Health and Family Services, told a … Read more
Rates for individual health plans sold through Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act Exchange and outside will increase an average of 9.4% next year, according to the state’s insurance department. Small group plans will increase by an average of 7.4%. Insurers requested larger increases, on average, 12.4% on individual policies and 14.8% on small groups. The plans … Read more