After months of partisan division and massive lobbying from special interests in Washington, health reform finally came to a vote in the House of Representatives. ("House passes historic bill," Nov. 8.)
Powerful interests from the health care and insurance industries pulled out all the stops to defeat this landmark bill, but with the help of eastern Connecticut's own U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, it passed.
For local families and small businesses who are sick of constantly rising costs and on top of unfair practices by insurance companies, passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) means one simple thing: Help is on the way.
We all owe a big round of thanks to Rep. Joe Courtney for speaking up for Connecticut families during the debate, for his leadership in protecting people with pre-existing conditions, and for standing with us, not the powerful interests in Washington, D.C.
Editor's note: The writer is a program associate with ConnPIRG.