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The health insurance industry is one of the most powerful special interest groups at the state Capitol.
In fact, so far during the 2023-24 reporting period, the Connecticut Association of Health Plans has spent $672,514.54 on lobbying, according to the Office of State Ethics. That’s the sixth-largest amount spent on lobbying by any organization.
Leading the association is Executive Director Susan Halpin, who is also a lobbyist with Hartford law firm Robinson+Cole.
Halpin’s role was elevated last year when Robinson+Cole launched a new subsidiary to formalize its government relations group.
The CT Government Relations Group of Robinson+Cole LLC is led by Halpin and Brooks Campion, who are co-principals.
Halpin has direct responsibility for all healthcare and insurance lobbying matters, according to the firm.
As major employers, health insurers wield significant power in the halls of the state Capitol and they’ve been able to fend off some policies they view as negative to the industry, including a public health insurance option, which has been promoted in the past by some Democratic lawmakers.
More recently, top health insurance executives testified during a heated public hearing about proposed rate increase requests for 2025 health plans.
Early in her career, Halpin worked in the state Capitol as a Senate aide, according to her bio page. She then joined the lobbying group Duffy/Stover Inc., which became part of Robinson+Cole in 1991.
In 2018, Halpin was named co-principal of the Robinson+Cole Government Relations Group leading the state team of lobbyists.
Today, the CT Government Relations Group of Robinson+Cole lists five staff members.
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