The Massachusetts Health Care Trust Bill (S.703)

The Massachusetts Health Care Trust bill (S.703) would create a Single Payer Health Care System for Massachusetts, guaranteeing first rate health care coverage for every resident of the state, while saving money for state and local government, businesses, and residents. Follow the links below to learn more about what single payer reform would do, how the Massachusetts Health Care Trust works, and how to get active in supporting universal health care.

HEALTH CARE TRUST TEXT AND RESOURCES:

• General Court’s official numbered version of the full text of S.703.
• Online full text of the bill at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website.
• Full list of legislative cosponsors of the bill, and instructions on how to contact your legislator to support single-payer!
• Two Page Fact Sheet on the Massachusetts Health Care Trust.
• Section-by-Section Summary of the bill.

STUDIES ON SINGLE-PAYER REFORM IN MASSACHUSETTS:

• Solutions for Progress/Boston University Report on single-payer reform: one of two studies commissioned by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
• Lewin Group’s Report on single-payer reform: the second study commissioned by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
• LECG’s Report on consolidated and streamlined financing of health care in Massachusetts, commissioned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.