The cost of health insurance continues to soar in Connecticut. After recent rate hikes were approved by state regulators, individual plans on the exchange have gone up by about 20% just in the last two years, and the group policy is around 24%.

So how did we get here, and what are lawmakers trying to do about it?

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Republican leader in the Senate, Stephen Harding, talks about it.

Mike Hydeck : The latest increase on families on the health exchange were approved at 16.8% for individual plans and nearly 12% for the small group. What does that tell you about our system right now?

Stephen Harding : The system is broken. There's just no doubt our system is broken. We as Senate Republicans have offered solutions. One of

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