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Health Plan Benefits and Qualifications

 

Overview

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As the Exchange seeks to improve the affordability of health insurance for state residents, the Health Plan Benefits and Qualifications Advisory Committee is charged with promoting competition while offering consumers a broad choice of high-quality, affordable plans.

Members

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Board of Directors Co-Chair:

Deputy Commissioner Anne Melissa Dowling, Connecticut Insurance Department (CID)

 

Stakeholder Co-Chair:

Mark Espinosa, United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union 919

 

Committee Members:

Robert Tessier, Board Member

Mary Fox, Board Member

Commissioner Jewel Mullen's Designee: Gloria Powell, Nurse Consultant (DPH)

Bonnie B. Roswig, Center for Children's Advocacy

Deirdre Hardrick, Aetna

Joseph Treadwell, Connecticut Podiatric Medical Association

Kevin Galvin, Small Business for a Healthy Connecticut (SBHCT)

Marcia Petrillo, Qualidigm

Margherita Giuliano, Connecticut Pharmacists Association

Maria Diaz, Connecticut Association of Optometrists (CAO)

Robert M. McLean, M.D., Connecticut State Medical Society

Stephen A. Frayne, Connecticut Hospital Association

Thomas Marchozzi, Hartford HealthCare

 

Subject Matter Expert:

Mary Ellen Breault, Connecticut Insurance Department (CID)

 

Staff Lead:

Julie Lyons, Director of Policy and Plan Management

 

 

Find out about current activity in this area, including upcoming meetings and prior presentations.