UU Statewide Networks Promote Health Insurance
The Unitarian Universalist statewide advocacy organizations are working hard to expand access to health insurance. A few quick updates:
The Legislative Ministry of Maryland supports raising Maryland’s tobacco tax, in order to increase health care coverage on the state level.
The Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, California, is lobbying for universal single-payer coverage on the statewide level, as part of the OneCareNow campaign.
The Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network took action in December to support reauthorization and increased funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
(SCHIP is a federal program that provides health insurance for children through funds given to states. Promise the Children also supports reauthorization and increased funding for SCHIP).
If you know of other Unitarian Universalist organizations or congregations working on this issue, please post a comment or e-mail me (shelby [at] promisethechildrenuu.org)