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Mass-Care’s mission is to establish a Single Payer Health Care System in Massachusetts so that all residents of the Commonwealth will have access to comprehensive, quality, affordable and equitable health care because it is basic to life and human dignity. Mass-Care was launched in 1995 as a coalition of Massachusetts organizations sharing a deep concern about the inequities of our health care system. Our organization’s strategic mission is premised on the belief that only a large-scale grassroots movement will be able to win reform that guarantees universal single payer health care.
The grassroots effort of our organization distinguishes Mass-Care from the efforts of other groups in Massachusetts that are funded primarily by power-brokers in the business community and health industry. Mass-Care sponsors the Massachusetts Health Care Trust bill, which would establish a single payer health care system providing comprehensive health care for all residents of Massachusetts. Mass-Care supports Medicare for All, a Congressional effort to establish a national single-payer system.
Mass-Care is an umbrella organization for more than 100 member organizations that represent diverse constituencies including the elderly, low income people, various religious groups, labor unions, teachers, nurses, social workers, doctors, women, immigrants, and local towns and cities. Together these organizations represent over 500,000 Massachusetts residents who are active, enthusiastic supporters of single payer reform in Massachusetts.
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Mass-Care
The Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care

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About Mass-Care
Mass-Care’s mission is to establish a Single Payer Health Care System in Massachusetts so that all residents of the Commonwealth will have access to comprehensive, quality, affordable and equitable health care because it is basic to life and human dignity. Mass-Care was launched in 1995 as a coalition of Massachusetts organizations sharing a deep concern about the inequities of our health care system. Our organization’s strategic mission is premised on the belief that only a large-scale grassroots movement will be able to win reform that guarantees universal single payer health care.
The grassroots effort of our organization distinguishes Mass-Care from the efforts of other groups in Massachusetts that are funded primarily by power-brokers in the business community and health industry. Mass-Care sponsors the Massachusetts Health Care Trust bill, which would establish a single payer health care system providing comprehensive health care for all residents of Massachusetts. Mass-Care supports Medicare for All, a Congressional effort to establish a national single-payer system.
Mass-Care is an umbrella organization for more than 100 member organizations that represent diverse constituencies including the elderly, low income people, various religious groups, labor unions, teachers, nurses, social workers, doctors, women, immigrants, and local towns and cities. Together these organizations represent over 500,000 Massachusetts residents who are active, enthusiastic supporters of single payer reform in Massachusetts.
OTHER RESOURCES
What Is Single Payer Health Care?
Frequently Asked Questions About Single Payer
Massachusetts Health Care Trust (State Single Payer Legislation)
Medicare for All (National Single Payer Legislation)
The Mass-Care Coalition
Site Map

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Medicare Traditional Vs Medicare Advantage

Democrats also are focused on trimming payments to private health insurers that serve older people and the disabled. Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who heads the Senate Finance Committee, has said a hard look at the payments and the marketing practices of insurers is long overdue.
The insurance companies provide coverage to about 9 million people through a program known as Medicare Advantage. The government, on average, spends about 12% more for beneficiaries treated through Medicare Advantage than it does for those in traditional Medicare. Under regular Medicare, the government simply reimburses a provider a set rate for a particular service.
But Leavitt said the administration will not support cutting money for Medicare Advantage.
"We want to protect it, enhance it and expand