In Connecticut, 13 health centers operate 205 sites, providing preventive and primary health care services to 327,165 Nutmeg Staters
Medicaid & the Children’s Health Insurance Program are available year-round.
Employers with over 100 employees are now required to provide health insurance.
Less than 5% of adults participate in 30 minutes of physical activity each day.
Insurers are now required to provide coverage for non-dependent children up to age 26.
7 out of 10 Americans who have some form of health insurance coverage get it through an employer.
The new Reform now prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
The Affordable Care Act increases the funding available to community health centers nationwide.
As many as 1,554,628 non-elderly Connecticut residents have some type of pre-existing health condition, including 191,534 children.
In Connecticut, 467,148 individuals with Medicare used one or more free preventive service in 2014.
In Connecticut, people with Medicare have saved nearly $204,553,625 on prescription drugs because of the Affordable Care Act.
Of the 76 million Americans with expanded access to free preventive services, 29.7 million are women, including 386,000 in Connecticut receiving expanded preventive services without cost-sharing.
