After announcing health insurance rate hikes, Conn. officials say they’re working to lower health care costs

State officials assured residents today that federal subsidies should help cover the health insurance rate hikes announced last week – at least for some.Most of the state’s residents get health insurance through their public, private, or non-profit employer. But about 200,000 residents get insurance on their own or through a small group policy. It’s rates for those individuals that, on paper, are seeing an average 13% increase.