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Reasons to Support the Connecticut Health Care Security Act 

 
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John R. Battista, M.D. and Justine A. McCabe, Ph.D.

Connecticut Coalition For Universal Health Care

January 1, 2001

The Connecticut Health Care Security Act would:

Provide comprehensive health care insurance for all Connecticut residents while decreasing health care expenses
Improve the health care of Connecticut residents without health insurance
Improve the health care of the poor who are served by the Husky programs
End the poorer quality health care, disruption of continuity of care, destruction of patient confidentiality, and limited choice of health care givers associated with employer based, managed care health insurance
Allow health care givers, health care organizations, health care advocates, employers and taxpayers to participate in insurer decisions about health care fees and benefits
Decrease out of pocket expenses for Medicare recipients and workers who access health insurance through their employer
Return medical decision making to health care givers
Allow free choice of any licensed health care provider
Lower future health care costs by emphasizing preventive health care
Free workers from staying in unwanted jobs to maintain health insurance
End bankruptcy due to medical bills
Lower health care costs for large employers, and make health care insurance more affordable for small employers
Ensure patient confidentiality
Maintain the current health care delivery system
Maintain the income of health care givers
Decrease activities detrimental to health by taxing them to the extent they contribute to health care costs
End the uncertainty and frustration associated with our current health care insurance system
Ensure that health care costs in Connecticut increase at a rate less than the national average
Ensure equal quality and access to health care for all
 

 

 
The Connecticut Health Care Security Act (PHB 5872), a single payer, universal health care bill,  was not raised for a public hearing by the Public Health Committee by the February 8, 2001 deadline. Despite the support of three out of six members of the steering committee for a public hearing on the bill, the steering committee did not recommend raising it.  This effectively kills the bill for 2001.
   
To learn more about The Connecticut Health Care Security Act visit our Connecticut Health Care Security Act  page for an introduction.