The second stop on Sen. Chris Dodd's Connecticut Prescriptions for Change listening tour took him to Western Connecticut State University, where he was joined by a handful of special guests:

• Representative Chris Murphy
• Kevin Lembo, CT Health Care Advocate
• Johnna Torsone, Pitney Bowes
• Ron Williams, Aetna
• Jeanette DeJesus, Hispanic Health Council

Just as with the first event in East Hartford, we have posted videos from the event below. However, the true highlights of the event came out of the Q&A. Below is a video of the first questioner, Jim Mellett, who likens insurance companies to 800 pound gorillas:

The Danbury News-Times reported on the event, and in addition to recounting Jim's question for their readership, they summed up the event thusly:

The message was clear -- the American health care system is limping along, growing worse each day.

Premiums are constantly on the rise. More and more money is being taken from paychecks for health care coverage. "Pre-existing condition" is insurance talk for "we won't pay."

Some 45 million people don't have coverage at all.

Those in the audience who work in the industry complained record keeping is in the stone ages.

Click "read more" below to view the remaining videos.

Another highlight from the Q&A was when a question about coverage for immigrants prompted Senator Dodd and Representative Murphy to state some support for covering everyone:

CT Blogger also attended the event, and got Sen. Dodd and Rep. Murphy on the record about the problem of childhood obesity and the elimination of physical education in schools:

Below are the videos of the opening remarks made by the guests at the forum.