Connecticut Partnership Plan Continues to Add Eligible Residents for Healthcare Coverage

State Comptroller Sean Scanlon has announced an expansion of the Connecticut Partnership Plan following 2026 open enrollment, highlighting the increased reach of the health insurance that serves over 74,700 municipal employees, retirees, and their families.

For the plan year beginning July 1, 2026, 17 new groups representing 6,362 lives joined. Since the start of Comptroller Scanlon’s term in 2023, 50 new groups have joined the Plan.

“Healthcare costs are out of control, premium increases are through the roof, and cities and towns are having a really hard time finding quality, affordable insurance coverage for their employees,” said Comptroller Scanlon. “Amid this chaos, the Partnership Plan remains the most stable, comprehensive option for municipalities. Our increased enrollment affirms this, and we are eager to welcome new and returning groups as the Partnership Plan continues to grow.”

The Connecticut Partnership Plan, established under Public Act 15-93 and launched in January 2016, offers non-state public employers the choice to participate in the state employee health plan.

It currently provides top-quality health care benefits at reasonable rates to 207 groups including over 74,700 municipal, boards of education, and other non-state public employees and their families in Connecticut.

The plan offers the same point-of-service (POS) plan design offered to state employees providing: in- and out-of-network coverage, 100% coverage for preventive care, an extensive local and national network through Anthem, and low co-pays for maintenance drugs available at local pharmacies, according to the plan website.

The program’s brochure explains that “the CT Partnership Plan is the same Expanded Access plan currently offered to State of Connecticut employees. You get the same great healthcare benefits that state employees get, including $15 in-network office visits (average actual cost in CT: $150*), free preventive care, and $5 or $10 generic drug copays for your maintenance drugs. You can see any provider (e.g., doctors, hospitals, other medical facilities) you want—in- or out-of network. But, when you see in-network providers, you pay less. That’s because they contract with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem)—the plan’s administrator—to charge lower rates for their services. You have access to Anthem’s State Bluecare POS network in Connecticut, and access to doctors and hospitals across the country through the BlueCard® program.”

Towns and groups joining July 1, 2026, according to the Comptroller’s Office, include: