Healthcare

Kara, a dedicated healthcare union organizer, recognizes the vital need for a healthcare system that not only values its workers but is also robustly funded and supported.

• Proactively taking steps to have minimum standards for health insurance coverage should the federal government further weaken access to affordable health care. 
• Banning sale-leaseback deals of hospitals to protect against private equity deals such as the Waterbury Hospital
• Holding insurers accountable to providing equal acess to both mental and physical healthcare
• Constructing paths for the state to crack down on healthcare premium hikes
• Requiring insurers to include biomarker testing in their plans-allowing for the opportunity to detect cancer accurately & earlier
• Offering Small Businesses tax-credits for contributing to the health insurance coverage of employees