The public will have a chance to weigh in on insurance companies’ proposals to raise rates on 2027 state-regulated health plans. Carriers are seeking a 16.2% average rate increase for individual policies and 17.8% for small group plans. The policies cover about 220,000 people — 157,000 with individual plan coverage and 63,000 with small group plans. Sen. Jeff Gordon, R-Woodstock, added: “Unaffordable, unsustainable, double-digit annual health insurance increases, yet again? Two carriers, Anthem Health Plans and ConnectiCare Benefits Inc., are selling policies through Access Health CT, the state’s insurance exchange, where anyone can purchase a healthcare plan.