UCC Universal Health Care Ministry

The mission of the UCC Universal Health Care Ministry Team is to fulfill the goal set forth in the Resolution “Universal Health Care/Universal Health Care coverage in CT” adopted October 20, 2007 at the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ Fall Annual Meeting: “to ensure that quality, effective and affordable health care is available to all the residents of Connecticut.”

The tasks of the UCC Universal Health Care Ministry Team are:

• to educate congregations and parishioners about state and national efforts to create an affordable, quality health care system for all;
• to provide opportunities to congregations and parishioners to participate in activities where their voices are included in these discussions; and
• to collaborate and cooperate in every way possible with the many and various state and national organizations, associations and interfaith efforts working on this issue.

In partnership with the Christian Activities Council, the Universal Health Care Ministry Team collaborates with the Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care to carry out this mission.

Health Care Ministry News

In Memoriam: Kenneth Esposito

NEW YORK CITY, NY -- Kenneth Esposito, universal health care advocate and organizer for the Christian Activities Council and member of the Connecticut Conference Universal Health Care Ministry Team, died in his New York apartment after a year-long struggle with pancreatic cancer on Friday, September 30. He was 62. 10/06/2011

General Assembly Approves SustiNet Implementation

HARTFORD -- The Connecticut State Senate passed the SustiNet implementation legislation -- HB 6308 -- 22-14 on Monday night, June 6, after four hours of debate. The bill now goes to Governor Dannel P. Malloy for his signature. 06/08/2011

Advocates Ring the Capitol for Health Care

HARTFORD -- Hundreds of faith leaders, medical professionals, community advocates, union members, people without health insurance, and citizens from all walks of life braved a light drizzle to circle the state Capitol building in Hartford yesterday, calling upon legislators and Governor Dannel P. Malloy to bring universal health care coverage to Connecticut. Marching up the hill from the rally's start point at Union Station through Bushnell Park, participants blew "train whistles" and chanted, "Are you on board with SustiNet?" 04/28/2011

New Christian Activities Council Organizer Steps in as SustiNet Needs Support

HARTFORD -- The Christian Activities Council (CAC) has called Michele Mudrick, a member of the Buckingham Congregational Church UCC in Glastonbury, to continue their work organizing United Church of Christ congregations around the state in support of universal health care access for all Connecticut's citizens. Michele begins her work as SustiNet, the health care law designed to improve care and slow cost increases, faces a significant challenge in the General Assembly, where its implementation requires funding in the state budget. 04/11/2011

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