The dispute between Anthem and HartfordHealthCare Group is having an extreme impact on many of our members. Their dispute is about money - HartfordHealthCare Group wants to charge Anthem more money - but the impact is severe: those members insured by Anthem may not be able to access their own doctors and local healthcare providers as Anthem now considers them out-of-network.
Recognizing the severity of the impact, A&R, along with the other leaders of the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), have written to the HartfordHealthCare Group . We have urged that they "stop using our members, and the thousands of others who rely on your hospitals and providers, as leverage in your contract dispute". The letter continues, "we are particularly driven to write by the fact that Hartford HealthCare continues to refuse Anthem's public offer to remove the fear and stress that comes from the current conflict by paying Harftord HealthCare reimburesments under the current reimbursement rates with a committment to retroactveiley compensate Hartford HealthCare for any increases in the rates that is agreed to in the next contract".
The letter can be read here: SEBAC's Letter to Hartford HealthCare.