Lawmakers Urged To Prevent Insurance Contract Disputes

SUSAN HAIGHAssociated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are being urged to consider ways to prevent or mitigate any future impasses between insurance companies and health care systems, like the seven-week dispute between Hartford HealthCare and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Ideas being suggested Tuesday range from the state setting hospital rates to the creation of a new binding arbitration system.
The Insurance and Real Estate Committee is holding hearings on the Hartford