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Worried About Health Care Costs?
Rally in Support of Health Insurance For All Connecticut
Residents!!!
The "Act Concerning Access to Health Care For Working Families"
would:
Insure all health insurance for all medically necessary services for all
CT residents without copayments
Cover all medications and nursing home care, except room and board
Allow free choice of any licensed Connecticut health care provider
Return decisions about treatment to you and your health care provider
Insure patient confidentiality
Emphasize preventive health and cover all preventive health care visits
Cost less than comparable private insurance, by law!
Startup costs funded by the tobacco settlement for Connecticut
Be continually funded from an employer payroll tax, state income taxes,
and taxes on activities detrimental to health (tobacco, alcohol, air and
water pollution)
Decrease administration costs and hassles by two thirds
Provide consumers and health care providers a voice in determining health
care
We need this act because:
The number of uninsured in the state of Connecticut has doubled
to 12% of the population, 77% of whom are working individuals and their
families.
25% of the population insured through their employer are forced to
change their health care providers each year because of changes in
their insurance coverage
35% of the population who earn between $15,000 and $50,000 per year stay in
unwanted jobs to avoid losing their health insurance benefits
Patient confidentiality and confidence has been eroded by our current health
care system
State of CT study shows total healthcare expenses would decrease with
this approach
60% of CT residents polled by the Hartford Courant support this
approach
To Support This Legislation:
Contact the Co-chairs of the Labor Committee – Senator
Edith Prague (D) and Representative Chris Donovan (D)
Contact all members of the Labor Committee - Senators: Thomas
Calapietro (D), Anthony Guglielmo (R) Representatives: Nancy DeMarinis
(D), Kenneth Bernhard (R), Terry Backer (D), Christopher Caruso (D), Luis
Esposito (D), John Geragosian (D), Richard Tulisano (D), "Toni"
Boucher (R), Sonya Googins (R), Janet Lockton (R)
Write (name, LOB, Hartford, CT 06106-1591) or call your state
representative: 1-800-842-8267 (D), 860-240-8700 (R), state senator:
1-800-842-1421(R);860-240-8600 (D)
Copy and distribute this memo to everyone you know!
Send a contribution to Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health
Care, PO Box 771, Simsbury CT 06070
Call 860-354-1822 to volunteer your time and skills
This bill is scheduled for a public hearing before the Labor
and Public Employees Committee on Thursday, March 18th at the
Legislative Office Building in Hartford
Rally in Support of Health Insurance
For ALL Connecticut Residents
March 18th – Noon – Legislative Office Building
Meet at the west entrance of the LOB (near the Armory) –
Free parking in the LOB garage
Make Government Work For You—Grassroots Is The Route!
Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care l
PO Box 771 l
Simsbury CT 06070
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