Press Releases

In an historic move, Chairman John Lawn and Mass-Care are pleased to announce a significant milestone for H.5590, An Act establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts, following a redrafted bill’s advancement by the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. The bill will set up a special commission on universal health care implementation.

Mass-Care announces the release of the economic report, “Funding Universal Health Care in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts” by Auden Cote-L’Heureux and Gerald Friedman.

Solving the Healthcare Crisis: A Single Payer Model for Massachusetts. Join Mass-Care at the Waltham Public Library on Wednesday, October 29, 2026, at 6:30pm. Come hear about the options for a more sustainable, effective, compassionate, and equitable system.

An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts is the solution to federal cuts to health care.  The Act creates the Massachusetts Health Care Trust, a single payer public health…

Senate’s PACT Act will give relief to patients using insulin, but will not lower prescription drug prices.

Massachusetts Association of Health Plans President & CEO Lora Pellegrini criticized single payer healthcare on grounds that were inaccurate and misleading. MAHP’s characterization of An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts is inaccurate, and includes claims debunked by the Oct. 26 hearing by the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing and the economic analysis by Prof. Gerald Friedman, UMass Amherst.