Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform

Promote a health care system for the United States that provides affordable access to a basic level of quality care for all U.S. residents, including behavioral health that is integrated with and achieves parity with the physical health care system.

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The League of Women Voters of Connecticut supports comprehensive, community-based mental health systems for children and adults.

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Improved Access to Health Care
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Issues for Emphasis are adopted by our grassroots members during biennial Conventions at the national, state and regional level. The local League adopts issues for emphasis known as Program Priorities at an annual membership meeting.

written by Catherine Rader on behalf of the LWV of Vermont board

written to: 

  • members of the Vermont House and
  • Senate Health Care Committees,
  • the Speaker of the House,
  • the President pro tem of the Senate.

Last session, the League of Women Voters of Vermont  advocated for H.248/S.53, which calls for universal, publicly funded primary care for all Vermonters.

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Action Alerts

Please write your Vermont State respresentatives to pass universal primary health care in the current legislative session.

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The LWV of Vermont favors a Vermont program to provide a basic level of quality health care to residents of Vermont.
Join us for Legislative Day at the Vermont Statehouse in Winter

The League of Women Voters of Vermont is preparing for advocacy during the 2018 Legislative session which will open in January in Montpelier.

Based on the program adopted at Convention in June, Health Care (H.248), Clean Water (H.95/H.576), and Carbon Tax (H.394, S.284, H.528, -31, -32, -33) are our legislative priorities.  In addition, the League supports background checs for transfer of firearms (S.6/H.151), voter rights (H.624) and IRV (S.213).  

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