Legislators are dropping a plan to expand state-sponsored health insurance because of opposition from Gov. Lamont. Democrats wanted ‘public option’ to expand coverage in Connecticut.

Democrats have been pushing for years for the public option as part of health care reform, but Republicans and some business executives have been strongly against it. Democrats raised the issue again this year, but it will not be part of a broader health care reform that lawmakers are trying to pass before the regular legislative session ends June 9.

Legislators are dropping a plan to expand state-sponsored health insurance because of opposition from Gov. Lamont. Democrats wanted ‘public option’ to expand coverage in Connecticut: Christopher Keating and Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, May 21, 2021