Politics & Government
State Rep. Sponsors Healthcare Forum
State Rep. Tom Sannicandro is offering a Spotlight on Health Care: Exploring Single Payer Option forum at Framingham State University tonight, July 26. The event with take place in the Forum Room of the McCarthy Center.
A press release from State Rep. Tom Sannicandro's office:
State Rep. Tom Sannicandro is offering a Spotlight on Health Care: Exploring Single Payer Option forum at tonight, July 26 at 6:30.
The event with take place in the Forum Room of the McCarthy Center. People can submit questions ahead of time on Twitter (@TSannicandro, #MASinglePayer) or on his website www.TomWorksForUs.com.
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Sannicandro will moderate a four-person panel featuring advocates and experts.
“Skyrocketing health care costs are burdening our businesses, especially small and medium sized ones,” said Sannicandro, who represents a part of Framingham. “There is a lot of discussion out there on cost containment strategies but I haven’t heard a lot of talk about single payer. Vermont just passed single payer legislation. It could present a clear way to provide quality coverage, control costs, and make Massachusetts more attractive to business.”
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Panel features Sen. Jamie Eldridge, the chief sponsor of single payer legislation in the Massachusetts legislature; Ben Day, the executive director of Mass-Care, a single payer advocacy organization; Dr. Gerald Friedman, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst; and Alex Robbins, a small business owner.
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