News: State program for uninsured failing to launch

Conneticut’s program for uninsured adults is struggling to get off the ground, the Hartford Courant reports.

Administrators of the Charter Oak Health Plan are having difficulty building a solid network of doctors and hospitals willing to join the program. Aetna Better Health, AmeriChoice of Connecticut, and Community Health Network of Connecticut — the three private insurers that have contracted with the state — have signed only one hospital and fewer than 3,000 primary care providers to the plan, the Hartford Courant reports.

Some providers cite the low reimbursement rates and the additional administrative costs of the plan as reasons they won’t sign on.