Have health care insurance? Brace yourself….

The majority of insurers who sell individual and small group employer plans in Connecticut have asked for double-digit increases for next year’s policies, with average increases as high as 28 percent among plans that cover thousands of workers and their families.

Sound excessive? Sound unaffordable? It does to me too.

Please click here to read and share the op-ed Sen. Hwang and I have written about these rising health insurance rates in Connecticut: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Op-ed-Have-health-care-insurance-Brace-yourself-8327950.php

Want to weigh in? The state insurance department, which must approve rate increases, is hosting public hearings in August. You can also comment now at www.ct.gov/cid.