Dan Debicella has demonstrated that he will stop at nothing to win this election. He has taken to making false claims in an attempt to hide his hyper-partisan voting record. But the citizens of the 4th District deserve to know the truth. So, we begin with Debicella's Top 5 Distortions....so far.
1) Distortion: Dan Debicella is pro-environment.
FACT: According to the League of Conservation Voters, Dan Debicella has the worst environmental voting record in the Connecticut Senate in the last 10 years.
2) Distortion: Dan Debicella says he is the right choice for women.
FACT: Debicella was one of only three state senators to vote against a bill requiring hospitals to provide rape victims with emergency contraception. Debicella says he voted against the bill because he didn't think religious hospitals should have to provide contraception. However, the bill he voted against included a compromise with the Catholic church, based off similar legislation in New York and California, that established that a third-party health care provider could be brought in to administer the treatment.
3) Distortion: Dan Debicella says he repeatedly voted against requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for tests to find bone marrow donors for cancer patients because the "mandates" would unduly increase health insurance premiums.
FACT: Coverage for the above treatment were estimated to likely add 72 cents per year to insurance premiums to include the coverage.
4) Distortion: Dan Debicella says his votes against requiring insurance companies to provide hearing aids to children would have had an exorbitant effect on health insurance premiums for Connecticut consumers.
FACT: Requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for children's hearing aids were estimated to cost the average health insurance policy holder six cents a month.
5) On the public affairs television show "Face the State" which airs on WFSB, Dan Debicella claimed that his opponent Jim Himes offered an amendment and then voted against the Republican version of that amendment. [8/22/2010]
FACT: Jim Himes voted in favor of the Republican amendment instead of offering his own.
4) Distortion: Dan Debicella says his votes against requiring insurance companies to provide hearing aids to children would have had an exorbitant effect on health insurance premiums for Connecticut consumers.
FACT: Requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for children's hearing aids were estimated to cost the average health insurance policy holder six cents a month.
5) On the public affairs television show "Face the State" which airs on WFSB, Dan Debicella claimed that his opponent Jim Himes offered an amendment and then voted against the Republican version of that amendment. [8/22/2010]
FACT: Jim Himes voted in favor of the Republican amendment instead of offering his own.
