Connecticut’s state government-run public option, otherwise known as the Partnership Plan, offers false promise. It has already proven unsustainable in the limited form it exists today. The Partnership Plan has run multimillion-dollar deficits year over year. As the old saying goes, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” In 2025 alone, the Partnership Plan incurred losses of $18.6 million.

Insurance premiums reflect health care costs. Until the unit cost of health care is addressed i.e., the prices charged by providers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and even the government itself in the form of taxes and assessments, the struggle will continue to provide quality, affordable health care coverage to all. Criticism of the current system, however, is no excuse to adopt a new state government-run public option that exacerbates the current challenges and creates a series of brand new problems.