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Assembly endorses single-payer bill, citing potential county savings; amendment adds state committee recipients
Summary
The Assembly voted to endorse pending Massachusetts single-payer legislation and passed a technical amendment naming joint committee chairs and state staff as recipients. Delegate O'Malley said the county could save about $2.5 million annually under the proposal.
The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates voted on Nov. 19 to endorse pending Massachusetts single-payer legislation through Resolution 2025-13, following a unanimous technical amendment to add specified state committee chairs and staff and a subsequent roll-call vote on the resolution itself.
Delegate O'Malley, who introduced the measure from the standing Health and Human Services Committee, framed the resolution as both a human-rights and fiscal issue. He said the county completed a spreadsheet analysis showing…
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