Sen. Hwang: CT Republican plan can save families $7,000 per year on premiums

Sen. Hwang: CT Republican plan can save families $7,000 per year on premiums (CT Inside Investigator) Connecticut residents saw their annual spending for healthcare rise more than 6 percent between 2019 and 2021, far surpassing the state’s goal of limiting healthcare cost increases to 3.4 percent, according to the first state healthcare benchmark report. Gov. Ned […]

Sen. Hwang: “A one-size-fits-all policy does not ever work.”

Republicans also criticized the proposed growing role of the state Municipal Redevelopment Authority (MRDA), a quasi-public agency created in 2019 with a million-dollar budget and bonding authority to support affordable housing within a half mile of downtown transit hubs. “I applaud the governor’s engagements and thoughts in regard to housing accessibility and growth in the […]

Sens. Kelly & Hwang on CT health care cost growth report: “People want solutions.”

For Immediate Release: Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly (R-Stratford) and Sen. Tony Hwang (R-Fairfield), the ranking senator on the Insurance and Real Estate Committee, issued the following statement in response to the state’s first-ever healthcare cost growth benchmark report which underscores the need to enact legislative reforms that will make healthcare more affordable for Connecticut residents and […]