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It’s a New Deal, or No Deal.

May 19, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 8 Comments

Sometimes history is made by the most unlikely people. Joe Biden ran an apparently effective but programmatically listless primary campaign. But if he wins the general election, reality will dictate that he act with a boldness and ambition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: bernie-sanders, Green New Deal, joe-biden, medicare-for-all, stimulus, student debt

A Demand for Progress on Climate

April 1, 2018 By drtucker 6 Comments

Like gun violence, chronic poverty and unequal health care coverage, the problem of unchecked greenhouse gas pollution won’t solve itself. As important as local and state efforts to reduce the emissions imperiling our planet are, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: #exxonknew, Attleboro Sun-Chronicle, boston-globe, Citizens Climate Lobby, Committee for a Green Economy, Department of the Interior, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, Eric Schneiderman, fracking, Gary Rucinski, global-warming, gun-control, human-caused climate change, income-inequality, Joseph Kennedy III, March for Our Lives, Maura Healey, medicare-for-all, natural-gas, Ryan Zinke, Scott Pruitt, second-amendment, Taunton Daily Gazette

Massachusetts can lead the way to Medicare for All

February 3, 2017 By Jamie Eldridge 16 Comments

I’ve spoken with many concerned constituents over the past few weeks about what measures I will take if the Trump-led Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are successful. The health of millions of Americans is at risk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordable care act, medicare-for-all, universal-health-care

Mass. Doctors Snub State Health Reform As Model for Country, Pick Single Payer

October 21, 2010 By Benjamin Day Leave a Comment

The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) yesterday released its annual Physician Workforce Study (a survey of 1,000 practicing physicians in the state), which, as in recent years, showed very serious shortages in primary care. However, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doctors, health-care, health-care-reform, health-reform, massachusetts-health-reform, massachusetts-medical-society, medicare-for-all, mms, obamacare, physicians, single-payer

Harvard Pilgrim’s Medicare Bailout & Health Care “Competition”

September 30, 2010 By Benjamin Day 11 Comments

Medicare Advantage plans were created in 2003 under George W. Bush and a Republican majority in both houses of Congress to privatize Medicare: it allowed seniors to choose a private insurance company to manage their Medicare benefits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, harvard-pilgrim, health-care, health-insurance, health-reform, medicare, medicare-for-all, seniors, single-payer, single-payer-health-care

Rep. Markey co-sponsors “Medicare for All” bill

June 15, 2009 By Rand Wilson 24 Comments

On June 12, Rep. Edward Markey became the seventh member of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to co-sponsor H.R. 676, the "Medicare for All" approach to health care reform written by Rep. John Conyers. Rep. Markey joins … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, hr-676, iue-cwa-local-201, jobs-with-justice, masscare, medicare-for-all

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travtuftsTravis@travtufts·
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Hey #mapoli please tell me come 2022 we are going to remember how Charlie Baker mismanaged the COVID vaccine rollout, vetoed the consensus police reform bill, vetoed abortion access, vetoed the consensus climate bill, didn’t fund the SOA, and slashed transit. Please.

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cdempcChris Dempsey@cdempc·
23 Jan

The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
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"Service cuts punish those who need public transit the most ... Policymakers need to make choices now that will serve the public interest in the long term. They need to ensure the trains & buses keep running." #mapoli https://twitter.com/cdempc/status/1353002390560141318

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The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
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Focus on the record - "small minded and shortsighted" justification for transit cuts that make it tougher to reduce emissions, harm those in need and hold back our recovery #mapoli https://twitter.com/cdempc/status/1353002390560141318?s=20

Chris Dempsey@cdempc

The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
21 Jan

Focus on the record - vetoing proposals that would break MA out of our failed transportation status quo https://twitter.com/BenjaminDowning/status/1352325656076541958?s=20

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"Many of the vetoes represent missed opportunities for building a more equitable transportation system for all residents" - well said @MonicaTibbitsN - a thread on how @MassGovernor 's vetoes lock in failed transportation status quo #mapoli https://twitter.com/MonicaTibbitsN/status/1351658881341136900

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