City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 209930

• File #: 209930
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 3/24/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 3/26/2020
• Final action: 3/11/2021
• Enactment date: 3/26/2020
• Enactment #: 209930
• Title: That this Council urges Governor Baker to enact a single-payer health insurance system during this pandemic to reduce the bureaucracy for Covid-19 testing and treatment, and to make such testing and treatment free to those without health insurance.
• Sponsors: Wilfred N. Mbah

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/11/2021	4	City Council	Work completed
3/1/2021	3	Public Health and Public Safety Committee	Placed on file
3/26/2020	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That this Council urges Governor Baker to enact a single-payer health insurance system during this pandemic to reduce the bureaucracy for Covid-19 testing and treatment, and to make such testing and treatment free to those without health insurance.

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Official Text

That the Somerville City Council urges Governor Baker to use his past experience in the healthcare industry to collapse the entire healthcare system in Massachusetts into a single payer system during this pandemic in order to reduce the bureaucratic insurance process involved just for people to get tested and treated for COVID-19, and to make testing and treatment free to those without health insurance to limit the spread of this dangerous virus in our communities.