Comments on: 30% Off Health Care http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/ Health Policy Consulting and Writing to Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, and Increase Value in US Healthcare Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Health Policy and Communications Blog » Blog Archive » What is Health Reform, and Why? http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-20252 Health Policy and Communications Blog » Blog Archive » What is Health Reform, and Why? Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:45:31 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-20252 [...] is a Public Plan, and Why? As I’ve written in the past, there has been many descriptions of what a public plan could be - ranging from  the Federal [...] [...] is a Public Plan, and Why? As I’ve written in the past, there has been many descriptions of what a public plan could be – ranging from  the Federal [...]

]]> By: Michael D. Miller MD http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-13244 Michael D. Miller MD Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:49:03 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-13244 IBlogWestHartford - Thanks for the interesting update about the legislation in Connecticut. I'm always glad to hear from my friends in CT and W.Htfd... Keep plugging away! IBlogWestHartford – Thanks for the interesting update about the legislation in Connecticut. I’m always glad to hear from my friends in CT and W.Htfd… Keep plugging away!

]]> By: Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries / Kaiser Health News « Eclectic Buzz Blog http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-13243 Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries / Kaiser Health News « Eclectic Buzz Blog Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:30:58 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-13243 [...] Miller of the Health Policy and Communications Blog posts about an e-mail campaign using a 30%-off “coupon” to promote a public plan option [...] [...] Miller of the Health Policy and Communications Blog posts about an e-mail campaign using a 30%-off “coupon” to promote a public plan option [...]

]]> By: IBlogWestHartford http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-13242 IBlogWestHartford Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:54:50 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2009/04/27/30-off-health-care/#comment-13242 Fortunately, we need not search far for a model reform plan with a REAL public option - built around expansion of a state employee insurance pool. In Connecticut, where we have more than 325,000 uninsured, HB6600, or “SustiNet,” just got a favorable report from its second legislative committee and is gaining momentum. SustiNet ensures that the state wisely uses the dollars it is already spending on state employees, HUSKY (for low-income children) and SAGA by uniting them into a large self-insured health plan. SustiNet (which is Latin for “sustains” and is taken from our state motto) uses this critical mass of insured residents to improve the health care delivery system (with cost savings) and to phase in the enrollment of more residents of Connecticut, including: the uninsured; people with unaffordable or inadequate insurance; sole proprietors and other self-employed people; small businesses, municipalities, and non-profit employers; and, finally, businesses of any size. By a “real” public option, I mean that EVERYONE in the state will have quality, affordable health care. If they are employed and their employer isn’t offering insurance that gets them that care, then they ALWAYS have an effective public alternative. SustiNet was developed with extensive input from all health care stakeholders and with the expertise of Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute. It has the support of, among others: the Connecticut Realtor’s Association; the AFL-CIO; the Connecticut State Medical Society; the Connecticut Public Health Association; and Small Businesses for Health Care Reform. For more information about the bill, you can go to: http://www.healthcare4every1.org/sustinet Fortunately, we need not search far for a model reform plan with a REAL public option – built around expansion of a state employee insurance pool.

In Connecticut, where we have more than 325,000 uninsured, HB6600, or “SustiNet,” just got a favorable report from its second legislative committee and is gaining momentum.

SustiNet ensures that the state wisely uses the dollars it is already spending on state employees, HUSKY (for low-income children) and SAGA by uniting them into a large self-insured health plan.

SustiNet (which is Latin for “sustains” and is taken from our state motto) uses this critical mass of insured residents to improve the health care delivery system (with cost savings) and to phase in the enrollment of more residents of Connecticut, including: the uninsured; people with unaffordable or inadequate insurance; sole proprietors and other self-employed people; small businesses, municipalities, and non-profit employers; and, finally, businesses of any size.

By a “real” public option, I mean that EVERYONE in the state will have quality, affordable health care. If they are employed and their employer isn’t offering insurance that gets them that care, then they ALWAYS have an effective public alternative.

SustiNet was developed with extensive input from all health care stakeholders and with the expertise of Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute. It has the support of, among others: the Connecticut Realtor’s Association; the AFL-CIO; the Connecticut State Medical Society; the Connecticut Public Health Association; and Small Businesses for Health Care Reform.

For more information about the bill, you can go to: http://www.healthcare4every1.org/sustinet

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