Win-win? Where will the additional $950 million come from?

Win-win for the doctors, Jack Dobb.

• people offered employer sponsored insurance that does not provide affordable access to essential care; and

What does this mean? Anything over a co-pay of $x?

• and employers, starting with small businesses, nonprofits and municipalities, but ultimately including any employer in the state.

As an employer who offers and pays the bulk of the premiums for my employees, the one problem I always have with these proposals is the lack of hard numbers. It would be a lot more informative if they could provide typical premium numbers.

At the same time, state spending increases by $950 million, for two reasons…and Medicaid and HUSKY provider payments rise to market rates.

One would think they would be squarely and strongly behind this proposal. It’s a win/win. More people get healthcare and doctors get paid more money.

Win-win? Where will the additional $950 million come from?

The discussion to this point shows that SustiNet saves $1.7 billion for Connecticut’s households and employers as of 2014. At the same time, state spending increases by $950 million, for two reasons…and Medicaid and HUSKY provider payments rise to market rates.

One would think they would be squarely and strongly behind this proposal. It’s a win/win. More people get healthcare and doctors get paid more money.

The discussion to this point shows that SustiNet saves $1.7 billion for Connecticut’s households and employers as of 2014. At the same time, state spending increases by $950 million, for two reasons: the previously uninsured receive subsidies that help them afford coverage; and Medicaid and HUSKY provider payments rise to market rates.

Well, I guess now the legislators can implement this program and stop arguing about how to spend the large budget surplus!

What, there is no budget surplus?