The Connecticut Citizens for Affordable Health Care recently polled voters in the state on the new 6 percent provider tax on same-day surgeries performed at ASCs in the state, according to a West Hartford News report.
Here are five things to know about the tax and voters’ thoughts.
1. The majority of the voters polled (79 percent) were unaware the tax was included in the state’s most recent budget.
2. Once made aware of the tax, 81 percent of the survey’s respondents disapproved of the tax, according to the report.
3. The CCAHC found the tax has the potential to cause 25 percent of the state’s ASCs to operate at a financial loss, according to the report.
4. The state’s ASCs are already subject to sales and local property taxes.
5. In 2013, Connecticut ASCs performed approximately 210,000 procedures, according to the report.