Single payer backers point to Sanders’ success, health system’s flaws

STATE HOUSE — Ten years after the state passed landmark universal health care legislation, advocates are pushing lawmakers to consider adopting a single-payer system as the next step in efforts to control health costs and expand access to insurance and care in Massachusetts. During a hearing before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing on Tuesday, supporters of "Medicare for all" legislation (S 579/H 1026) filed by Sen. Jamie Eldridge and Rep. Tom Sannicandro said that a move toward a si

STATE HOUSE — Ten years after the state passed landmark universal health care legislation, advocates are pushing lawmakers to consider adopting a single-payer system as the next step in efforts to control health costs and expand access to insurance and care in Massachusetts. During a hearing before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing on Tuesday, supporters of "Medicare for all" legislation (S 579/H 1026) filed by Sen. Jamie Eldridge and Rep. Tom Sannicandro said that a move toward a si…