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News

July

07.29.2010Figueroa resumes role as foundation president


May

05.19.2010FOUR FOUNDATIONS ANNOUNCE SUPPORT TOTALING $615,000 TO ADVANCE STATE HEALTH CARE REFORM EFFORT


April

04.14.2010CT DESERVES FACTS, NOT FALSEHOODS ON HEALTH CARE REFORM


March

03.24.2010Health Care Foundation Lauds Historic Reform Legislation


January

01.08.2010Foundation at Forefront of Health Care Reform Names Acting President to Take Helm


August

08.07.2009FOUNDATION LAUDS COMPOSITION OF NEW SUSTINET PANEL AS A PROMSING STEP IN HEALTH CARE REFORM

08.03.2009Federal Delegation’s Visit Shows Power of Small Business Voice in Reform Debate


July

07.20.2009Victory for Connecticut: Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto of SustiNet

07.17.2009FOUNDATION BLASTS GOVERNOR’S RELEASE OF MISLEADING INFORMATION ON LANDMARK HEALTH CARE REFORM BILLS

07.10.2009Foundation Fault’s Governor’s Health Care Executive Order as a Failure of Leadership

07.08.2009Foundation Denounces Governor’s Veto of Pioneering Health Reform Legislation As Callous

07.07.2009Hundreds of Residents at Rally Urge The Governor to Sign Health Care Bills

07.06.2009“Gov. Rell: We can’t wait!” -- Rally & Vigil for Health Care Reform at the Capitol


June

06.29.2009Vigil at Capitol as the SustiNet Health Care Reform Bill Awaits Governor’s Action

06.23.2009CT Business Leaders Urge Governor to Support Small Business by Enacting SustiNet

06.16.2009Foundation Honored in D.C. for Central Role in Pioneering a Model for National Health Care Reform

06.04.2009FOUNDATION SAYS LEGISLATORS BLAZED A PATH FOR SOLVING STATE’S HEALTH CARE CRISIS

06.02.2009Foundation Looks Forward to Discussing Merits of Health Reform Legislation with the Governor


May

05.30.2009FOUNDATION LAUDS SENATE FOR PASSING SUSTINET; GOVERNOR NOW HAS DEFINING OPPORTUNITY

05.30.2009Small Business Group Praises Senate for Passing SustiNet

05.26.2009Foundation Calls on Senate and Governor to Keep Health Care Reform on Track

05.22.2009AARP: SUSTINET PROVIDES SOLID FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH REFORM IN CT

05.21.2009Health Care Reform Gains Momentum with House Vote

05.21.2009Advocates Urge Governor and Legislative Leaders To Support “Landmark” Health Care Reform

05.19.2009SustiNet Day @ the Capitol A Huge Success

05.12.2009SutiNet Day of Activities at the State Capitol -- May 13

05.07.2009May 7: Day of Activities to Support SustiNet

05.04.2009State Lawmakers to Review Health Care Agenda with Experts Following Federal Stimulus Package


April

04.30.2009Top Health Care Economist Will Talk About Comprehensive Reform in Connecticut

04.22.2009Failing to Fix Connecticut’s Health Care System: More Costly than Reform

04.15.2009Congressional Health Care Forums Put SustiNet in the Spotlight

04.10.2009Foundation Welcomes State Budget Investment in Health Care


March

03.28.2009Foundation Praises Public Health Committee for Positive Vote on SustiNet

03.20.2009Foundation Responds to Families USA Report Showing Spike in CT Uninsured and Need for SustiNet

03.03.2009The Foundation's Legislative Testimony on SustiNet

03.02.2009The Facts About Health Care Reform in Connecticut


February

02.25.2009Foundation Lauds HealthFirst Authority Leadership and Report as a Key Milestone

02.19.2009Residents Get the Facts On SustiNet Proposal

02.18.2009Independent Business Coalition Endorses SustiNet

02.12.200918,500-Member State Association of Realtors Endorses SustiNet

02.08.2009SUSTINET: LEARN MORE ABOUT IT HERE!

02.07.2009Foundation Health Care Proposal Features Prevention

02.05.2009Foundation Urges Governor to Protect the Health and Future of Connecticut


January

01.23.2009WATCH Foundation President Figueroa's presentation at Senator Dodd's health care "Listening Tour"

01.15.2009Health Care Foundation Introduces Sweeping Health Care Reform At Large Gathering of Residents

01.10.2009Health Care We All Can Count On - Join Us on January 13th!


December

12.16.2008Health Care Road Tour to Stop in Meriden

12.16.2008Road Tour for Health Care for Everyone Coming to Willimantic

12.15.2008Road Tour for New Health Care Proposal Comes to Hamden

12.09.2008Opening Shot in Health Care Reform

12.04.2008Health Proposal “Road Tour” Starts in Torrington With Strong Local Business Support

12.03.2008Dec. 9: Statewide Road Tour for New Health Proposal Will Kick Off in Torrington


November

11.17.2008Business and Labor Speak for Health Care Reform


October

10.31.2008COME TO OUR NOV. 19 SEMINAR: "The Value of Good Health: Business and Labor Working for Reform"

10.28.2008Chamber Honors Business Advisory Council Member


September

09.20.2008Connecticut Physician Workforce Survey Results Released

09.15.2008UConn Student Feels the Call of Health Care Reform – and of Africa

09.10.2008Saboteurs of Clinton Health Reform Switch Sides


August

08.11.2008Foundation Awards $1.14 million in Grants for Health Care Reform


July

07.28.2008Foundation Television Commercial Wins National Award

07.19.2008New Report Finds 758,000 Connecticut Residents Were Uninsured At Some Point In 2007-2008

07.18.2008Health Care Crisis Takes Center Stage

07.18.2008Business, Personal Health Care Challenges Take Center Stage In Blue Back Square

07.18.2008Middletown High School Graduate Invests Her Political Passion In Health Care Reform

07.09.2008State Commission Honors the Foundation For Its Support

07.02.2008Connecticut’s Health Care Drama to Play out on Stage


June

06.25.2008Theater To Spotlight State's Health Care Crisis

06.25.2008"Plays in the Park 2008" Poster/Flyer

06.18.2008Foundation Hires Coordinator to Work with Small Businesses

06.13.2008 Foundation President Denounces Pooling Bill Veto

06.12.2008 Foundation President Lauds Legislation Establishing Commission to Tackle Health Care Inequality


May

05.21.2008Foundation President's Letter Urgers Governor to Sign Partnership Bill

05.07.2008 Foundation Calls on Governor Rell to Sign the Healthcare Partnership Bill

05.05.2008 Latinos Add Voice to Health Care Reform Debate


April

04.24.2008Foundation Lauds House Passage of Innovative Connecticut Healthcare Partnership Bill

04.14.2008 Universal Health Care Foundation Rebuts Waterbury Republican American Editorial


March

03.26.2008 Foundation Takes on New Nemesis in 2008: The "Insur-Animals"

03.18.2008 Testimony Supporting An Act to Establich a Minority Health Advisory Council

03.07.2008 Response To House Majority Leader’s Connecticut Health Care Partnership Proposal


January

01.02.2008Juan A. Figueroa Recognized by the Hartford Business Journal as a "Health Care Hero"


November

11.15.2007Response To House Majority Leader’s Municipal Tour And Exploration Of Health Care Pooling

11.07.2007Eroding Employment-Based Health Insurance Highlights Need For Real, Fundamental Change


October

10.09.2007Schip Veto Signals Need For State Action On Comprehensive Health Reform


August

08.17.2007New Haven “SiCKO” Showing to Advance Universal Health Care Debate

08.08.2007Universal Health Care Foundation Awards $60,000


June

06.28.2007“SiCKO” Boosts Statewide Drive for Universal Health Care

06.07.2007Health Care Foundation Decries Chasm Between Legislative Rhetoric And Reality

06.06.2007Too Little, Too Late: Statement by Foundation President Juan A. Figueroa

06.05.2007New Radio Ad Demands Legislative Action on Universal Health Care

06.05.2007Universal Health Care Foundation President Juan Figueroa Honored For Health Care Advocacy


May

05.03.2007Rally For Universal Health Care Expected To Draw Thousands


April

04.30.2007New TV Ad Dramatically Depicts Public’s Stress, Frustration With Current Health Care System

04.27.2007May 5th "Stand Up for Health Care" Media Advisory

04.18.2007Clergy: "Health Care is a Human Right. Health Care is Divine Right"

04.11.2007Universal Health Care Will Save Connecticut Money

04.09.2007Universal Health Care Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $122,000

04.02.2007New Radio Ad Asserts Connecticut Cars Better Insured than People

04.01.2007May 5 Rally Flyer


March

03.27.2007Foundation Unveils New TV Advertising Campaign

03.15.2007Purchasing Pool Legislation Pushes Health Reform Debate

03.13.2007Insurance and Real Estate Committee Vote: First Victory for Universal Health Care

03.09.2007Voter Survey Results: CT Voters Want Legislators to Focus on Fixing State’s Broken Care System

03.06.2007Testimony on Legislation Informed by Foundation's "Sounding the Alarm" Report


January

01.31.2007More than 100 Residents Testify at Public Health Hearing

01.31.2007Testimony of Juan Figueroa on Access to Affordable and Quality Health Care

01.30.2007Hear From the People Hurt By Connecticut's Dysfunctional Health Care System

01.30.2007Testimony in Support of an Act Concerning Diversity in the Health Care Workforce

01.28.2007Health Care: Welcome To The Bughouse

01.25.2007Response to State Senate President’s Universal Health Care Proposal

01.24.2007Foundation Responds to President's Health Care Proposal

01.10.2007Hear Foundation President Juan Figueroa on WNPR's Where We Live

01.08.2007Response to the Connecticut Health Insurance Council Report


December

12.28.2006Response to Gov. M. Jodi Rell's Health Care Initiative

12.15.2006Universal Health Care Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $149,088

12.06.2006New State Survey Underscores Worsening Health Care Crisis


November

11.17.2006South Central Connecticut Calls on Legislature to Enact Universal Health Care


October

10.13.2006A Universal (Health) Call For The Faithful

10.12.2006Foundation Plans Oct. 18 Panel Discussion, Applauds Passage of Committee’s Resolution

10.06.2006New England Panel to Discuss Universal Health Care


September

09.13.2006National Leader to Address Latino Clergy on Faith, Values and Universal Health Care


August

08.23.2006Ad Campaign Aims to Engage Connecticut African American and Latinos in Health Care Reform Debate

08.07.2006Health Foundation Awards $240,000


July

07.26.2006Foundation Testifies Before Healthy Kids Committee

07.25.2006Small Business Survey Reveals Health Care Concerns

07.21.2006Senate Candidate Ned Lamont Announces Universal Health Plan

07.12.2006Statement on Massachusetts Health Care Reform


June

06.22.2006Health Foundation Urges Lawmakers to Consider Three New Policy Options

06.07.2006Gubernatorial Candidate Malloy Releases Universal Health Plan


April

04.28.2006New Ads and Web site Launched to Spark Public Policy Debate

04.12.2006Health Care Foundation Lauds Scope of DeStefano Proposal

04.11.2006Massachusetts Legislation Points the Way for Connecticut Lawmakers

04.05.2006Foundation Head Says Bush Visit Shines Light on State's Need for Universal Solutions


February

02.28.2006New Study Finds Residents Pay for Broken Health System


January

01.31.2006Foundation Supports Efforts to Engage Hispanic Clergy

01.26.2006Health Foundation Promotes Universal Health as Campaign Issue


December

12.12.2005Foundation President Leads National Health Care Discussion


September

09.06.2005Health Care Foundation Supports Launch of Online Journalism Project


July

07.29.2005Health Foundation Awards $608,150 in Grants

07.27.2005 Anthem Foundation Changes Name


June

06.15.2005National Researchers to Look At Covering Uninsured in Connecticut

06.15.2005Statewide Health Care Foundation Introduces New Logo

06.15.2005Universal Health Care Foundation Unveils New Logo

06.15.2005Download UHCF Open House Invitation


May

05.20.2005Poll Finds Residents Are Worried About Health Care

05.02.2005 Small Businesses Tackling Health Care Problems


February

02.16.2005Health Care Foundation Moving to Meriden


January

01.03.2005Study Examines Economic Impact of Uninsurance in Connecticut

01.29.2004Universal Health Care Foundation of CT Awards $1.1 million in grants in 2003

01.01.2003Dec. 2002 - Universal Health Care Foundation of CT Announces New President


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