SUPPORT A PUBLIC OPTION AND EXPANSION OF HEATLH CARE COVERAGE

Senate Bill 842: An Act Concerning Health Insurance and Health Care in CT

The insurance industry does not want competition. We can override their opposition this year!

Here is what the bill does.

  • Offers small businesses and non-profits affordable options for comprehensive health care insurance.
  • Expands HUSKY A Parents Medicaid coverage to 201% of the federal poverty level.
  • Provides a system to allow health coverage for undocumented immigrants.
  • Subsidies for some people to purchase health insurance coverage on

Access Health CT

  • Connecting people applying for unemployment benefits to Access Health CT for insurance options

Your state representative is on the Finance Committee voting this week on the bill. Please email or call them ASAP and say you want them to support SB 842 as originally drafted. Remember to tell them you are a constituent and a

social worker!

For detailed information on this bill use this link to a fact sheet:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZOwfc7l1xDDmdVHku6Jqgl5x5VTXSxQp/view?link_id=5&can_id=2f66b120acf00c07a7089efec2ec4295&source=email-action-alert-testify-in-support-of-affordable-healthcare&email_referrer=email_1069433&email_subject=action-alert-testify-in-support-of-affordable-healthcare

NOT SURE WHO YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS CLICK HERE: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

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