The Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform supports the creation of a Single Payer Health Care System for Massachusetts and the United States. The first items of the Platform on Health read:

• The Democratic Party gave the country the original single payer systems: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Veterans Health Administration.
• Massachusetts Democrats continue to advocate for a single payer health system for all citizens.
• We believe that healthcare is a fundamental right.
• We support a constitutional amendment that affirms the right to universal coverage and to quality healthcare.

This support has been included in every Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform since 1993. Additionally, the Party’s Action Agenda Committee every year prioritizes single payer reform. The first item in the Party’s current Action Agenda on Health & Human Services reads:

The Massachusetts Democratic Party will continue to work aggressively to attain a single payer health care system that provides affordable, high-quality health care coverage for all families and individuals in this state.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SINGLE-PAYER LEGISLATION

• What Is Single Payer Health Care?
• Frequently Asked Questions About Single Payer
• The Massachusetts Health Care Trust (State Single Payer Legislation)
• Medicare for All (National Single Payer Legislation)

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.