As registered lobbyists, CCAG may be known for work on consumer protection and campaign finance reform, but it puts probably more effort into health issues like single-payer care, an idea the legislature's Public Health Committee has been reluctant to take up. Of the 50 or so bills CCAG is monitoring this session, one of the most important is expanding the Husky Kids plan, a state plan funded with federal dollars, to cover parents, Swan says. Gov. John Rowland wanted Husky Kids to provide for 90,000 uninsured children. To date, there are only 12,000 on the plan. Health Care for All looks for any way to provide quality health care to those who lack it because the state isn't doing its job.
Swan calls state policy inadequate.
But Swan predicts that as incentives to deny health care are directed at providers, doctors will remember their Hippocratic Oath. We're about justice and issues pertaining to justice and equality and protection of consumers. Health care is and has been for the last decade a major issue for our members and allies. We're hoping to play a role in shaping and driving policy towards where we want it to go. He recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., about juvenile reforms.