Stamford medical practices pay more than $866K to settle alleged insurance fraud

Two Stamford medical practices will pay $866,539 to the state of Connecticut and the federal government to settle allegations of submitting inflated government health insurance bills, blood testing ...
The Connecticut Mirror

New CT law will prevent medical debt reporting to creditors

One of the first bills from this Connecticut legislative session to get signed into law prohibits the reporting of medical debt to credit agencies. The new state law bars health care providers and ...
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Connecticut Will Cancel $650 Million in Medical Debt

This relief will impact around 250,000 people and will make Connecticut the first state in the country to undertake such an effort, CNN reported Friday (Feb. 2). The goal is to free residents from ...
Hartford Courant

Opinion: How Connecticut could drive down medical debt

Medical debt is not just a financial issue. While it’s the leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States, it’s also a public health crisis that drastically affects families throughout the country ...
The Connecticut Mirror

CT medical debt forgiveness, left out of budget, gets Lamont push

Jan Kritzman of Newington, a patient advocate and breast cancer survivor, speaks at an event held by Gov. Ned Lamont. Credit: Katy Golvala / CT Mirror Gov. Ned Lamont convened a small group in ...
CNN

Connecticut says it will become first state to cancel medical debt for many residents

Connecticut will cancel roughly $650 million in medical debt for an estimated 250,000 residents this year, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Friday, saying it is the first state to provide this type of relief ...
Hartford Courant

Check your mail: State partnership cancels medical debt for 100,000 Connecticut residents

If you have unpaid medical debt and make less than four times the federal poverty rate, check your mail. Under the second phase of Connecticut’s partnership with the nonprofit organization Undue ...