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We suggest the following for this item:
ReplyDelete"Massachusetts Democrats continue to advocate for a federal single payer health system for all residents."
We believe alternatives to Single Payer need to be considered
ReplyDeleteWe want our elected representatives to be accountable for this plank and to actively promote a comprehensive single payer health care system at both the state and federal levels.
ReplyDeleteWe want our elected officials to insist upon single payer health care in Mass, and in the nation. We no longer have the desire or resources to support profit making insurance companies when it comes to our health care. Medicare is a good model of health insurance for all our elders at a reasonable price. Now let's offer it to all our citizens.
ReplyDelete12] Single Payer Health Insurance: The Democratic Party supports the concept of single payer; that health insurance is a right of all individuals and should be made available via a federal funding and administrative entity such as that which administers Medicare or Social Security. Although in effect the insurance of health care would thus be "socialized" , thereby taking medical decision-making out of the hands of private profit seeking corporations, the system of delivery of medical care would remain intact.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Dain, Democrat
199 Harvard Circle
Newtonville, Ma. 02460
617 244-1158
Northampton Democrats at our March platform hearing supported HB 2127, the Mass Health Care Trust, single payer reform at the state level -pending a national single payer health care plan.
ReplyDeleteA single payer health care plan should not include insurance companies as a central part of the plan. There is no reason insurance companies should be collecting a 30% markup on all health insurance costs! Insurance companies should be providing insurance for catastrophic cases, not skimming off the top of all routine costs.
ReplyDeleteI urge that our platform address the political realities on health care reform in Washington today and support the following plank:
ReplyDeleteAlthough Mass. Democrats continue to support the concept of a federal single-payer system, we recognize that a mixed public-private system can be the bridge to this goal. Therefore, we support President Obama's health care reform proposal -- specifically the provision of a public option (like the federal employees benefit plan FEBP), an employer mandate (to preserve the participation of employers in paying for HC costs); and an individual mandate similar to the Commonwealth's program;.
Additionally, I would suggest support of a wider use of electronic technology; and quality and cost control provisions tied to outcome data.