nothin Guv Enters Universal Health Derby | New Haven Independent

Guv Enters Universal Health Derby

rell.jpgAfter insisting she saw no need for a universal health care plan in Connecticut, Gov. Jodi Rell has introduced one. Click here to read her office’s summary. Advocates welcomed her to the debate. (Click here for the Universal Health Care Foundation’s statement, here for public advocate Kevin Lembo’s reaction.) Critics noted that Rell’s plan falls short of the broader vision encompassed in some other plans, which aim for portability from job to job and for costing poor people less while covering more. And Rell’s plan would rely on the same HMOs that have defied commissioners, a judge, and even the governor herself in how they run the HUSKY program. But it’s a start. Click here to read more from the Independent’s Capitol correspondent.

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