Hartford, Conn. (WTIC Radio)-Stakeholders are calling for expanded Husky Healthcare coverage for immigrant minors up to eighteen years of age.
Currently children up to age eight are provided coverage. More than 2-hundred people plan to testify on the Senate bill before the Human Services Committee.
Yanira Lopez immigrated from Honduras. Through an interpreter she asked lawmakers "To think about what it's like to be a parent with children that have no access to insurance because of immigration status. I hope the committee will look favorably for our children to receive the coverage."
Eden Almasude is a Physician, specializing in children and adolescent psychiatry. "This is a crucial first step to support our children and families through this Pandemic. No child exits in a vacuum. Their health depends on the well-being from their caregivers and other adults. We need to keep fighting for health care access that includes all of our community members."
Middletown State Senator Matt Lesser says the measure is the right thing to do and makes fiscal sense.