Action #1
Email Your Rep
Action #2
Share This Guide
Action #3
Call to Follow-Up
Action #1: Email your Rep and Senator
Use this easy action form to find your Rep and Senator and send a pre-written, customizable email to your state rep and senator, asking them to cosponsor the state Medicare for All bills.
Action #2: Share Action #1
Relational organizing is a tried and true tactic to amplify our power - share this link with friends and family! Here’s a suggested message to include in your text or email:
To: (self)
BCC: (10 friends or family in MA)
Subject line: 3-minute action for Medicare for All
Dear friends and family,
I’m reaching out to ask if you’ll take a few minutes to email your state legislators about the Massachusetts Medicare for All bill. The bill was just re-filed in the state house and our goal this session is to get 50% of the legislature to cosponsor.
Even though Massachusetts has the lowest uninsured rate in the nation, a recent study showed that 41% of residents still struggle to pay for healthcare. It’s time to enact a system that is both more efficient, with its elimination of administrative burdens, and more equitable, with its elimination of cost as a barrier to care.
This fall, Medicare for All was on the ballot in 20 districts and received overwhelming support from each one. Now we need to bring the message to our legislators and urge them to pass SD.2182/HD.1584: An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts.
Can I count on you to call or email your representative today and ask them to support this bill? For sample email/call scripts, check out our lobbying guide at bit.ly/MassCareLobby.
Thank you,
(name)
Action #3: Follow-up Call to Legislators
Make a follow-up call to your legislators to remind them to co-sponsor SD.2182/HD.1584: An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts. Check here to see if your legislator has co-sponsored the bill.
Sample call script:
Hi (legislator name),
I am your constituent, living on (street name) in (city/town). I (called/emailed) earlier urging you to support SD.2182/HD.1584: An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts. I just wanted to follow-up and see if you’ve signed on to be a co-sponsor of this bill?
Our current for-profit healthcare system is inequitable and inefficient. This bill would streamline administrative processes and increase access to those who need it most across the Commonwealth. Last fall, Medicare for All appeared on the ballot in 20 Massachusetts districts and gained overwhelming support in each one. Can we count on you to build on that momentum and co-sponsor this bill?
Quick Links
Don’t know who your Rep/Senator is? Plug in your address here!
Find your legislator’s email and phone number:
- Representatives contact list
- Senators contact list
Sign up to join the campaign here
Join a local Medicare for All hub here
Medicare for All campaign brochure
Learn more about the movement for single-payer health care at masscare.org