Cost-Containment

The plaintiffs say the HHS secretary's assurances that coverage will continue are "open to suspicion."

Access Health CT officials expect to offer the cash-for-coverage plans alongside traditional small-group plans.

The president proposed offering matching contributions to workers without employer plan access.

The average determination took 91 days and cost $445, and providers won 80% of the time.

The plans say the state's ban on steering violated their right to freedom of speech.

For employers, clarity does not guarantee lower costs. But it does guarantee something just as important: the ability to see what is really happening, and to negotiate from a position grounded in reality.