AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to establish a single payer health care system to provide universal health care under a single standard of high quality care for every resident of the state; to maintain and improve the quality of such care, while maintaining patient choice and coordinating services in a continuum emphasizing the promotion of good health, and primary and preventive care; to establish effective cost controls for the health care system; and to finance the health care system in an equitable and affordable manner.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a system to finance health care for every resident of Connecticut.