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SUMMARY:Single-Payer Health Care Lobby Day
DESCRIPTION:Join LWVMA and our partners at Mass-Care to tell your legislators you support single-payer health care. The Single-Payer Lobby Day at the State House is Wednesday\, Jan. 23. Meet at 11 a.m. at the Grand Staircase for a mini-rally and information session before visiting your own legislators and delivering information packets on the single-payer bills. \nAs you know\, our current healthcare insurance system is failing to meet our healthcare needs\, and is very costly.\n \nA number  of Amherst and Northampton League members have been working with Western Mass. Medicare for All to build support for a Medicare for All plan for our Commonwealth.  This health insurance plan would cover everyone with lifetime\, guaranteed\, comprehensive\, all-inclusive health insurance\, and cost much less too.  \n \nThere is strong public support for this improved healthcare plan in the Valley.  The good news is that our newly elected senator and representatives support single-payer health care.  Previous bills have been held in legislative committees for years.  Our League has studied and worked since the 1980’s on having a National Single Payer Health Insurance Plan.  We believe now may finally be an opportunity to change this situation.\nCurrently\, bills are being submitted at the State level again for consideration  Now is time to get these bills before the legislature and voted upon. \n\nOR send  support from home if you cannot go on Lobby Day. \n\nEmail\, write\, or call your state Senator and Congressman\, and ask them to co-sponsor the bills when they are submitted to the legislature.  Also request they join the Medicare for All Caucus to get these bills passed.\nYou can locate your legislators at MALegislature.gov.\nSample Letter\n\nDear Representative or Senator\,\n \nI am writing as your constituent\, asking you to co-sponsor the new House and Senate bills to implement a Medicare for All plan in Massachusetts.  There is very strong public support for a single-payer health plan here\, and I would like you to co-sponsor these bills.  I ask you to join the Medicare for All Caucus to support these bills too.   \n \nPlease work hard to implement a Medicare for All plan in our state.  This would be a more comprehensive\, universal healthcare financing plan that would provide better coverage\, and save money too.  \n \nThank you.  
URL:https://lwvnorthamptonarea.org/event/single-payer-health-care-lobby-day/
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SUMMARY:Justice & Renewable Energy for All Lobby Day
DESCRIPTION:Justice & Renewable Energy for All Lobby Day\nSupport environmental justice\, 100% renewable energy\, transportation\, and carbon pricing at the Justice & Renewable Energy for All Lobby Day at the State House Thursday\, Jan. 24\, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with our partners in the Mass Power Forward Coalition.\n\nRSVP here to get a meeting scheduled with your own legislators. Event updates will be posted on the coalition Facebook page.
URL:https://lwvnorthamptonarea.org/event/justice-renewable-energy-for-all-lobby-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190129T190000
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SUMMARY:Webinar on the state Legislature and LWV action
DESCRIPTION:LWVMA Offering Webinar on the Legislature\nHow does the 2-year cycle work? LWVMA support for bills.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the new session of the legislature begins\, LWVMA is offering a webinar on Tuesday\, Jan. 29\, at 7 p.m. to explain how Massachusetts’ two-year legislature works and how the League\, through its Legislative Action Committee\, chooses the bills it will support (or oppose) and follows them through the session. Nancy Brumback\, LAC chair\, will present the information.\n\nREGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR: here and you will receive the link to use to join the webinar.
URL:https://lwvnorthamptonarea.org/event/webinar-on-the-state-legislature-and-lwv-action/
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