Analysis: If it passes, Congressional bill would make 140,000 more people uninsured in Connecticut

If the current US House budget proposal passes into law, experts estimate that 140,000 more Connecticut residents will lose health coverage. They will join the 195,000 currently uninsured state residents and Connecticut’s uninsured numbers will rise to the highest level in twenty years. Losing coverage is not good for the uninsured, both their physical and financial health. But it is also a massive burden on their families, on hospitals and other care providers, on our communities, on our state’s economy, and on our public health. It doesn’t make sense. Read more