Coming to Store Near You…Health Insurance

The state health insurance exchange, known as Access Health CT, will be opening storefronts in seven Connecticut cities this year.  Enrollment in health plans offered on the exchange, required by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, begins October 1, 2013.  Among the estimated 344,000 uninsured people in Connecticut, 85% live in the targeted cities, according to The Hartford Courant.  Those cities include Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, and an undecided seventh city, likely Willimantic or Norwich.  Access Health CT is believed to be the only exchange in the country planning to open storefronts as part of its marketing endeavors.