Under the legislation, the department plays no oversight role with the proposed individual plan, nor with the second component of the proposed program, opening the state employee healthcare program to small businesses. The legislation also grants the comptroller broad leeway to manage the small business public option plan, essentially operating as an Association Health Plan—a federal government initiative that Connecticut state regulators rejected last year.
State-Run Healthcare’s Uneven Playing Field: Michelle Rakebrand, May 8, 2019, CBIA Issues & Policies