Will Connecticut be the most recent state to take a bold leap for healthcare reform? National health care experts hope so. Jesse Russell reports:

On Thursday, a group of health care leaders in Connecticut and other states held a conference call to push for the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership. The bill would allow non-profits, municipalities, and small businesses to pool together with the state health insurance program. The bill has already passed the state's House and Senate and it now sits on the desk of Governor Jodi Rell who has suggested she may veto the bill. Connecticut Secretary of State, Susan Bysiewicz is a proponent of the initiative. She said durnig the call that the partnership would heavily benefit small businesses with less than 50 employees:

[Bysiewicz]: “To have this insurance available for small business would actually reduce cost and not raise them as some of the insurance industry folks argue. There would be a greater emphasis on prevention and treating disease which would bring cost down.”

Other states considering healthcare pooling include Wisconsin, Delaware, Kansas, and Washington.