The momentum behind the movement comes after both Vermont and Massachusetts passed bills providing for universal or near-universal coverage and work by Connecticut's health care groups. Still, the presence of universal coverage plans being proposed by two major candidates for Governor and the issue's emergence as a major factor in state races is unprecedented according to locals.
While incumbent Governor Jody Rell has yet to offer her own universal coverage alternative, non-profits believe she will offer her own plan or at least be forced to address the issue this fall.
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