AG Tong released the following statement regarding double-digit rate hikes sought by Anthem, ConnectiCare and UnitedHealthcare for individual and small group plans covering approximately 220,000 people across Connecticut. 

“These double-digit demands are unaffordable, excessive, and unacceptable, and we’re going to scrutinize every page of these applications. Year after year, insurers pad these rates with fuzzy math, double-counted costs, and unsupported assumptions. They need to come before the Connecticut Insurance Department prepared to justify every analysis, and they are going to need to explain why they remain utterly unwilling and unable to use their leverage to negotiate with healthcare providers and drive down these runaway healthcare costs.” -AG Tong