CT state retirees want more options than Medicare Advantage

CT Mirror – Thursday, August 14, 2025
By Katy Golvala

Medicare Advantage — a type of Medicare plan administered by private companies as opposed to the federal government — has come under fire in recent years for denying and delaying seniors’ access to certain care.

James Russell, a former sociology professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, and Gloria Bent, the wife of a former physicist at the University of Connecticut, have firsthand experience. They are both enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, the default coverage for retired state employees and their dependents over 65.

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