The large turnout for Tuesday's action at the Aetna Building in Hartford received some attention from Sharon Bass at CT News Junkie:
About 150 health-care reform activists rallied with Smith outside of Aetna’s sprawling campus on Farmington Avenue Tuesday afternoon. They came to ask CEO Ronald Williams to sign a pledge promising to stop denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, to stop denying care when customers get sick, and to not lobby against health-reform proposals supported by President Obama and his allies in Congress, especially a provision for a public health option.
The demonstration was one of 150 across the country, simultaneously protesting unhealthy insurance practices and yelling for change in the way this country does medicine.
The Hartford Courant also reported on Tuesday's action:
Supporters of a public option say it would provide much-needed competition to private insurers to drive down costs.
Matthew Brokman, a spokesman at the Hartford rally, said health insurers are putting profits before patient care.
"We need to have a public option to keep them honest," Brokman said.
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