GREENFIELD — Advocates for single-payer health care say creating a Massachusetts Healthcare Trust could save the state $37.36 billion in health insurance costs.
While state legislators consider S.860/H.1405, “An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts,” local members of Mass-Care, a single-payer health care advocacy group, answered questions about the proposed system during a “Theater of Ideas” event at The LAVA Center on Main Street on Friday.
“Health care is a right, and should be a right, not a privilege in Massachusetts,” said David Cohen, Mass-Care’s board co-chair. “That health care should cover all people’s needs. Under this legislation, all medically necessary procedures, anything that a doctor orders, would be covered.”
Cohen said the legislation was modeled after the Canadian health care system, and if passed, would create a Massachusetts Healthcare Trust that could provide broader coverage and be more cost-effective.
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