{{Short description|Health insurance marketplace for the U.S. state of Connecticut}} {{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Access Health CT |logo = Access Health CT Logo.png |formed = |jurisdiction = Health insurance marketplace for U.S. state of Connecticut |chief1_name = |chief1_position = |website = {{URL|http://www.accesshealthct.com/}} }} '''Access Health CT''' is the health insurance marketplace for the U.S. state of Connecticut. Access Health CT will enable people and small businesses to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates.
== Background == Health insurance exchanges were established as a part of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to enable individuals to purchase health insurance in state-run marketplaces.<ref name="lewis">{{cite web |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/231001432 |title=HHS Proposes Health Insurance Exchange Rules |last=Lewis |first=Nicole |work=Information Week |date=July 12, 2011 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714230134/http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/231001432 |archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> In this legislation, states could choose to establish their own health insurance exchanges; if they choose not to do so, the federal government would run one for the state.<ref name="lewis" />
== See also == * SustiNet (Connecticut) * Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut * List of hospitals in Connecticut
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== Further reading == {{refbegin}} * {{cite news |title=Personal info possibly compromised for 1,100 insurance users |url=https://apnews.com/776cfb8aac2d78c32b359b3a4f6e1548 |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=AP News |date=29 January 2020 |location=Hartford, CT |language=en-US |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163318/https://apnews.com/776cfb8aac2d78c32b359b3a4f6e1548 |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Murdock |first1=Zach |title=Personal information, Social Security numbers of 1,100 Access Health CT customers compromised |url=https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-access-health-ct-data-breach-20200128-gjlet7vbvrc2devdf7tt6dy6pu-story.html |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=Hartford Courant |date=28 January 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163319/https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-access-health-ct-data-breach-20200128-gjlet7vbvrc2devdf7tt6dy6pu-story.html |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Carlesso |first1=Jenna |title=Access Health CT sees dip in enrollment |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-mirror-acess-health-ct-decline-20200223-20200224-z2wsi3x6ivflxk74gbxkq26xha-story.html |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=Hartford Courant |agency=The Connecticut Mirror |date=24 February 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163318/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-mirror-acess-health-ct-decline-20200223-20200224-z2wsi3x6ivflxk74gbxkq26xha-story.html |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |title=Personal Info Possibly Compromised for 1,100 Access Health CT Users |url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/personal-info-possibly-compromised-for-1100-access-health-ct-users/2216607/ |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=NBC Connecticut |agency=AP |date=29 January 2020 |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163320/https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/personal-info-possibly-compromised-for-1100-access-health-ct-users/2216607/ |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Garrity |first1=Mackenzie |title=Connecticut payer alerts 1,100 members of phishing attack |url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/connecticut-payer-alerts-1-100-members-of-phishing-attack.html |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=Becker's Hospital Review |agency=ASC Communications |date=4 February 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163319/https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/connecticut-payer-alerts-1-100-members-of-phishing-attack.html |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Pilon |first1=Matt |title=Task force studying high-deductible health plans struggles to find consensus |url=https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/task-force-studying-high-deductible-health-plans-struggles-to-find-consensus |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=Hartford Business Journal |date=29 January 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608142706/https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/task-force-studying-high-deductible-health-plans-struggles-to-find-consensus |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Haigh |first1=Susan |title=Connecticut's uninsured rate drops to 4 percent |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/31028909/connecticuts-uninsured-rate-drops-to-4-percent |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=KSL.com |agency=Associated Press |date=6 August 2014 |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163320/https://www.ksl.com/article/31028909/connecticuts-uninsured-rate-drops-to-4-percent |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |title=Cromwell Boy Scouts collect food for those in need |url=https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Cromwell-Boy-Scouts-collect-food-for-those-in-need-15038519.php |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=New Haven Register |date=7 February 2020 |location=Hartford |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163324/https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Cromwell-Boy-Scouts-collect-food-for-those-in-need-15038519.php |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Christine |title=Access Health CT Focuses On The Uninsured |url=https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20191104_access_health_ct_focuses_on_the_uninsured/ |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=CT News Junkie |date=4 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224163328/https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20191104_access_health_ct_focuses_on_the_uninsured/ |url-status=live }} {{refend}}
== External links == {{Portal|Connecticut}} * {{Official website}} * [https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47483 Harvard case study]
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