Healthcare Policy in Connecticut: “I Will Defer to Annie on This.”

The new state motto : ego autem in hac honores vultum potentis Annie. “I will defer to Annie on this….”

Emails from Governor Ned Lamont’s office reveal Ann Huntress Lamont as a center of power in the Lamont administrations confusing effort to create health insurance policies for individuals and small business groups that would save 30% on premiums and provide networks that would attract customers. Ned Lamont notes in a March 23rd message that his own business had trouble finding affordable health insurance.

As the elements of a plan (there would be many changes) come together, the governor delegates considerable authority to Mrs. Lamont, a healthcare venture capitalist.