The way that legislation typically works is that bills introduced by “lead sponsors” on the House or Senate, garner as many co-sponsors as they can. Cosponsorship allows legislators to express their support for a bill before it comes up for a vote. Cosponsorship is the best way for you to hold your Senator or Representative accountable - cosponsoring the Massachusetts Health Care Trust is the most basic way they can support the movement for single-payer health care. Building the Health Care Trust’s list of cosponsors is the most important task for our movement to bring about health care justice for all in Massachusetts.

S.703 LEGISLATIVE COSPONSORS AS OF FEBRUARY 2007:

Senate: Edward Augustus (Worcester), Jarrett Barrios (Cambridge), Cynthia Stone Creem (Newton), Ben Downing (Pittsfield), Susan Fargo (Lincoln), Robert Havern (Arlington), Patricia Jehlen (Somerville), Thomas McGee (Lynn), Pamela Resor (Acton), Stanley Rosenberg (Amherst), Steven Tolman (Brighton)

House: Ruth B. Balser (Newton), Antonio Cabral (New Bedford), Jennifer Callahan, Steve D’Amico, Christopher Donelan (Orange), James E. Eldridge (Acton), Michael Festa (Melrose), John P. Fresolo, Mary E. Grant, Denis Guyer, Frank Hynes (Marshfield), Kay Khan (Newton), Peter V. Kocut (Northampton), Stephen Kulik (Worthington), William Lantigua, Barbara A. L’Italien, David Linsky (Natick), James Miceli (Wilmington), Matthew Patrick (Falmouth), William Pignatelli (Lee), John W. Scibak (South Hadley), Carl Sciortino (Somerville), Chris Speranzo, Ellen Story (Amherst), David Sullivan (Fall River), Benjamin Swan (Springfield), Timothy Toomey (Cambridge), Steven Walsh, Marty Walz (Cambridge), Alice Wolf (Cambridge)

NOT SURE WHO YOUR LEGISLATORS ARE?

• Go to http://www.wheredoivotema.com:
• Enter your address and click “Find My Election Information.”
• Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and find your “Senate in General Court” and “Rep in General Court.”
• By clicking on your Senator’s or Rep’s name, you will be taken to their web-site with phone numbers and email addresses.

DOWNLOAD SPREADSHEET OF S.703 COSPONSORS

• Spreadsheet of Single-Payer Cosponsors in Massachusetts Since 1995, Ordered By Last Name.
• Spreadsheet of Single-Payer Cosponsors in Massachusetts Since 1995, Ordered By State House Room Number.

RESOURCES FOR MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE TRUST

• Two Page Fact Sheet on the Massachusetts Health Care Trust.
• Section-by-Section Summary of the bill.
• Full Text of the Trust and further legislative information.