The document discusses the need for universal healthcare access in Connecticut. It notes that the number of uninsured residents is rising as costs increase, putting healthcare out of reach for many. While taxpayers already pay for a large portion of healthcare costs, the system remains unsustainable without covering all residents. The document advocates for a universal healthcare system that would improve health outcomes and reduce costs by emphasizing preventative care for all.

2. Universal Health Care Access A Right Not a Privilege

3. The Problem

4. Connecticut’s Health Care System: A Need For Bold Change

8. Who isn’t covered?

16. The U.S. spends more on health care than any other country Source: Health Affairs Health care consumes 16 cents of every dollar in the US economy

17. Our health outcomes are worse than countries that spend much less Source: World Health Organization

18. Taxpayers already pay for a large share of CT’s health care Source: Mapping Health Spending and Insurance Coverage in CT Sources of CT health Care Spending, CT 2005

21. What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God? Micah 6:8

22. Where Do We Start?

32. “ You must be the Change you wish to see in the World.” -- Mahatma Gandhi