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Article: No. Haven returns to Anthem for? health insurance?
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- New Haven Register
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- May 16, 2009
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By Ann DeMatteo Assistant Metro Editor
NORTH HAVEN -- Town and school employees will once again get
their health insurance coverage from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Connecticut.
First Selectwoman Janet M. McCarty said the town is switching
from ConnectiCare. When McCarty put health insurance out to bid last
year, ConnectiCare bid lower than Anthem, but Anthem outdid
ConnectiCare during negotiations for the coming fiscal year. Anthem
will continue to administer the town's self-insured dental coverage
and drugs will be self-insured.
"Last year, I pledged to have the cost of town employee health
insurance reviewed every year. In my first year, we generated about
a $380,000 savings by ...