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Two bills that would require nursing homes to devote 80% of their funds to the direct care of residents moved through the Human Services Committee on Thursday despite objections from industry leaders, advocates and a key state official.

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø insurance department is again considering annual rate hikes for state-regulated health plans on and off the insurance exchange. Insurers are seeking an average increase of 8.3% on 2025 individual plans and 11.9% on small group policies.

Prospect Medical Holdings is suing Yale New Haven Health, to try and force Yale to buy three ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø hospitals for $435 Million.

YNHH is suing Prospect Medical Holdings, citing deteriorating facilities and ‘irresponsible financial practices’ at its CT hospitals.

A public hearing on health insurance rate increase requests will be held Aug. 21st.

Supporters of the aid in dying measure vowed to bring it up in future sessions and not give up on getting it passed someday.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s COVID hospitalizations have risen by 58% over the last four weeks.

Lawmakers are targeting the rising cost of health care as a key issue they plan to tackle this upcoming legislative session, after hearing from hospital executives, representatives of insurance and pharmaceutical companies and other industry officials Thursday.

ConnectiCare, which offers health plans on and off ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s health insurance exchange, says it will no longer sell new small group policies beginning December 1, 2022.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is facing an earlier-than-usual flu season with a substantial swell in cases, even as the state is dealing with a crush of respiratory syncytial virus cases among young children, Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani said.