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On Memorial Day weekend, Governor Rell will get the bill to open the
state employees’ insurance pool to municipalities and small businesses.
The governor then has up to 15 days to decide whether to sign or kill
the bill. Between now and then, Governor Rell needs to hear from
YOU.
Pooling will save money for municipalities and small businesses –
freeing up taxes for other needs and allowing businesses to added jobs.
It’s an important step towards Universal Healthcare too – proving
that a big, efficient pool beats a patchwork of higher-cost policies.
Insurance companies and the CT Business & Industry
Association (CBIA) have led the assault against the |
bill,
spreading lies about the costs to scare people away.
As Bill Curry wrote in the Hartford Courant: “No
one ever got sick and drove to an insurance company. They, and the CBIA,
are middle men who add little value while bleeding a dying system dry.
They lobby ferociously not to save our tax dollars but to protect their
profit margins.”
Governor Rell is hearing from lots of people, including insurance
workers ordered to call while on the job.
Rell needs to hear from YOU, and your family and friends. This
battle will be won by YOU, and thousands of us who want a fair,
affordable health care system. Many of our members have already
called. JOIN THEM! |
