The Campaign
Healthcare4every1 is a statewide advocacy campaign committed to organizing an active, vibrant and diverse network of concerned residents to build public and political support for affordable, comprehensive, quality health care coverage for all Connecticut residents.
The Health Care Situation
The inability of thousands of people in our state to obtain health care is one of the most urgent injustices we face. More than 325,000 of our residents are uninsured, and thousands more are underinsured. In the wealthiest state in the world’s wealthiest nation, can we accept the fact that residents must choose between rent and health care?
Accomplishments
- 33 house meetings held in both English and Spanish with 228 Bridgeport parents in parents’ homes, child care centers, social service agencies, and community centers to find out more about the gaps in health care in our community
- Gubernatorial Candidates Forum, focusing on health care and education, organized with 300 parents, clergy, and community leaders making it one of the largest public forums of its kind in the state
- 350 people from across our community attended the BCAC Annual Breakfast Conference in April 2007, “Access to Health Care: Can you afford to be sick?”
- Hundreds of postcards sent to legislative leaders urging support for access to affordable, quality health care for everyone
- 150 people mobilized for the statewide “Stand Up For Health Care Rally” in Hartford in May
- Nearly 100 small businesses signed up for Healthcare4every1 Campaign and prominently posting a Healthcare4every1 decal in their window or door
- A forum in Westport, “Is There a Health Care Crisis in the Suburbs?” co-sponsored by the Democratic and Republican Town Committees of Fairfield, Westport and Weston, and attended by 50 Fairfield and Westport residents and five area legislators