CT CALL TO ACTION, INC.
100 WELLS STREET, APT. 902
HARTFORD, CT 06103

[860] 728-0058     e-mail: alneshaiken@snet.net

December 18, 2002


To:  The State Attorney General, The State Comptroller and the Committee Chairpersons listed below:

Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General
Nancy Wyman, State Comptroller Human Services: Chairs [4 copies]
Aging: Chairs [4 copies] Insurance:  Chairs [4 copies]
Appropriations: Chairs [4 copies] Judiciary:  Chairs [4 copies]
Children:  Chairs [4 copies] Labor:  Chairs [4 copies]
Environment:  Chairs [4 copies] Public Health:  Chairs [4 copies]
Finance:  Chairs [4 copies] Public Safety:  Chairs [4 copies]


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Attached you will find the "CT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM" proposed bill, written by the CT CALL TO ACTION.

Each day that passes without our State legislators addressing the issue of the rising numbers of our State's residents who are uninsured, underinsured, or are being denied access to needed care through our Medicaid programs [HUSKY, SAGA, CONNPACE, to name a few] places everyone in our State 'at risk'.

1. How many years of compounded increases on insurance premiums must we endure before people conclude that there must be a better way? 
2. How many hospitals must be sold FOR PROFIT or close their doors, because of low reimbursements and 'free' care at their Emergency Room facilities? 
3. How many providers will no longer accept Medicare or Medicaid patients, because of the low reimbursements? 
4. How many people will not get their prescription drugs, because of the rising costs of these drugs? 
5. How many business people, especially small businesses ['Mom & Pop' entities] will go out of business, trying to provide health insurance for their employees?

In  November a report from the National Academy of Sciences declared that the U.S. health care system is in crisis.  Do we wait until our medical system crashes and THEN do something?

We have purposely not included funding or re-training in this Proposal, the two most contentious issues each time the subject of a State Universal Health Care system arises.  BUT, we are prepared to speak to you and discuss these issues together, since they are very important ones.  Indeed, we are prepared!

We have spent many hours reading proposals written and submitted across our country.  We have written the one that we think is the best for our State!  It has passed the Board of the CT CALL TO ACTION unanimously.  Our Board consists of Medical Providers, retirees, uninsured people, and members of the American Association of Medical Students {AMSA} from the Yale and UCONN Medical Schools.

We look forward to meeting with you as soon as possible, so that we may discuss this together. 


Respectfully submitted by:



Naomi E. Shaiken, President


Alfred Shaiken, Vice President