Gov. Ned Lamont speaks about the CT Home Funds initiative during a media briefing at Hartford City Hall on Dec. 9, 2025. Credit: Karla Ciaglo / CTNewsJunkie
With Congress at a stalemate over extension of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies, Connecticut will step in to pick up the slack. At least, some of it for some people.
“We’ve been working really hard with OPM (Office Of Policy and Management) and Access Health to do everything we can to, A – protect the most vulnerable, and we’re going to be able to subsidize Covered Connecticut to the degree to which anybody earning up to $56,000, there’ll be no change in your health care costs,” Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday afternoon.
For families of four earning up to $128,000, Lamont said there would be very little change in their out-of-pocket costs.
He urged residents to visit AccessHealthCT.com to see their potential costs and savings.
“I think this is a way for one year — this is a one-year fix — to mitigate the pain and confusion coming out of Washington,” he said.
Lamont also said he was working with OPM and Access to secure a partial subsidy, possible for singles up to $75,000 and families up to about $160,000.
Although total costs will vary based on where in the state people live, Lamont said a couple living in Middlesex County with an annual income of $60,000 and enrolled in the Anthem silver plan will see their rates decline $212 per month. A family of four living in Fairfield County and earning $80,000 can save $176 each month.
The subsidies — about $70 million in total — will come from the $500 million fund the legislature approved last month.
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