New England States Receive $35.6 million Federal Grant To Develop Online Health Insurance Exchanges

The Governor’s office recently announced that Connecticut residents and businesses will benefit from a two-year, $35.6 million “early innovator” federal grant awarded to New England states to develop a state-of-the-art online gateway to health insurance plans. The gateway project is based at the University of Massachusetts’ Medical Center in Worcester and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services. Once completed, Connecticut residents will be able to search the online exchange for public and private health insurance coverage and service options. Early innovator grants were also awarded to Kansas, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington.