Critics of the majority Democrats’ plan include Connecticut’s powerful insurance industry, businesses and Republicans. They say the Connecticut Health Partnership, the insurance pool for municipal employees that would be expanded to provide access to individuals and small businesses, is insolvent at times, requiring taxpayers or businesses to serve as a backstop.

Democratic leaders of the General Assembly are pushed back in their effort to extend government’s role in health insurance: Stephen Singer, March 11, 2021, Hartford Courant