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Call your State Senator and your State Representative and ask if they are cosponsors of S.755 The Massachusetts Health Care Trust. If yes, thank them. If no, urge them to become cosponsors.  To contact them via the internet: Learn More about the Bills; Write your Legislator

Contact the Public Communications Deptartment of the MNA 800.882.2056 with the name(s) of a nursing organization(s) of which you are a member. Members of the MNA task force on single payer will work with you to contact that organization to arrange a presentation to its members on “Nurses, Nursing, and Single Payer Health Reform.”

Talk to two co-workers, friends or family members about why single payer finance and the Mass. Health Care Trust legislation will improve quality, access, and affordability of care.

Write a letter to your local newspaper urging support of the Massachusetts Health Care Trust bill, (Senate Bill 755); The Massachusetts Health Care Trust; creating a single payer system in Massachusetts.

Invite a speaker from Mass Care (the statewide coalition for single payer reform) to address a group in your community or professional association. Contact Mass Care at 617.357.7003 or masscare@aol.com. Mass Care’s web site is: www.masscare.org.

Call the MNA at 781.830.5717 for more information.

 
         

 

 

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