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The Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health
Care was formed in January, 1999. The Coalition's accomplishments to date include:
- Introduced a single payer health insurance
bill into the Connecticut Legislature (Bill
No. 7030) in early 1999. The bill passed the CT House Labor
Committee on April 6, 1999 by a 9 to 5 vote.
- On March 18, 1999 the coalition held a rally at the state
capitol in support of universal health care bill #7030. The rally was
attended by over 100 people.
- Through the efforts of the Coalition, a hearing
on Bill No. 7030 was held before the Connecticut House Labor Committee on March
18, 1999. More than 40 people
testified in person or submitted written testimony to the
committee. The Connecticut legislature's cable network taped the
hearing and broadcasted repeats of the hearing several times during
March and April.
The Coalition also made it's own edited tape of the rally and the
hearings.
- The Coalition held two free concerts to publicize Bill No. 7030:
- An April concert featuring Tom Rush and Lui Collins
- A May concert featuring Tom Rush, Odetta and Paul Winter
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