As seen at CTNewsJunkie:
State Senate leadership gathered Thursday at the Capitol to announce their intention to bring forth a universal health care plan when the next legislative session begins in January.
Senate President Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn, applauded the two Democratic candidates for governor, Mayor John DeStefano and Mayor Dannel Malloy, for making universal health care policy a central issue in their campaigns.
“The rising cost of health care is a key concern,” Williams said. Affordable health care “should be a right.”
Increasing access to healthcare and health insurance is certainly a noble goal. However, one might wonder how much such a program will cost Nutmeggers, and what sorts of fallout might arise from any state-lead efforts to control health costs.