STATEMENT OF INSURANCE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR SEN. JORGE CABRERA ON CONNECTICUT FUNDING ACCESS HEALTH CT INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR 2026, DESPITE TRUMP & REPUBLICAN BUDGET CUTS

“I and other legislators have been talking with the governor’s office for a while – including yesterday – about a solution to the Republican inhumanity coming out of Washington D.C. and their refusal to help Americans pay for their health insurance premiums. When Connecticut Democrats passed legislation in special session last month, that gave us the opportunity to do something about it. So, I’m happy with the governor’s announcement today, I think it’s a good bang for the buck coverage-wise, and it will help almost 2,000 people in my Senate District and about 143,000 in Connecticut afford their health insurance premiums next year. Governor Lamont has proven by his action today that Connecticut will step to help people pay for their health care, and we will do it again if necessary. It’s just immensely disturbing that Donald Trump and Republicans had to push us to this point by trading America’s health insurance for tax breaks for billionaires and corporations. Hopefully they won’t be a majority in Congress much longer.