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Michael Morrissey on Health Care


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Voted YES on Veto override of cuts in smoking cessation program.
Platform indicates voting YES in Part III: Health Care:Tobacco.

Override Gov. Romney's reduction of Budget Line Item 4590-0300, which eliminated a program to help state employees quit smoking or discourage them from starting in the first place.

The relevant part of the MassDems Platform is PART III: HEALTH CARE, ACCESS & CHOICE: Tobacco: "We support policies to discourage smoking, especially among youth, and to hold the tobacco industry accountable for their actions against public health."

Reference: Tobacco; Bill H.4004 item 4590-0300 ; vote number MA03-S234 on Jul 17, 2003

Voted YES on amending the Constitution to call for universal health care.
Platform indicates voting YES in Part III: Health Care:Health Care.

Vote on a Constitutional Amendment:
Upon ratification of this amendment and thereafter, it shall be the obligation and duty of the Legislature and executive officials, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to enact and implement such laws, subject to approval by the voters at a statewide election, as will ensure that no Massachusetts resident lacks comprehensive, affordable and equitably financed health insurance coverage for all medically necessary preventive, acute and chronic health care and mental health care services, prescription drugs and devices.

Relevant platform section: Health Care: Our Party supports the creation of a single-payer health care system both in Massachusetts and in the nation in order to achieve the goal of universal health care. We understand that other methods are less satisfactory to us, but we remain committed to ensuring that every man, woman, and child in our state should have access to high quality health care.

Bill Constitutional Amendment ; vote number MA04-H721 on Jul 14, 2004

Voted YES on Veto override of "Turning 22" mental disability program.
Platform indicates voting YES in Part III: Health Care:Mental Health.

Override Gov. Romney's veto of a Budget Line Item which eliminated state funding for the "Turning 22" program, which provides residential and treatment services for severely disabled individuals (who are mandated to exit other state programs after age 21). "Turning 22" is designed to allow a person to remain where his or her family lives.

Relevant platform section: PART III: HEALTH CARE, ACCESS & CHOICE: Mental Health: “Our Party supports the full implementation of mental health policies which will provide emergence care, family support, and appropriate housing to our citizens with chronic mental health disorders."

Bill Veto Override ; vote number MA03-S141 on Jul 14, 2003

Voted YES on Veto override of $10M cut in the uncompensated care pool.
Platform indicates voting YES in Part III: Health Care:Access and Costs.

Override Gov. Romney's veto of a Budget Line Item which eliminated $9,670,807 in funding for the uncompensated care pool. This care pool provides health care for people who would otherwise not be covered for hospital visits.

Relevant platform section: PART III: HEALTH CARE, ACCESS & CHOICE: Access and Costs: “We remain committed to extending proper coverage to each of the hundreds of thousands of residents still uninsured, and to aiding the even greater number who are underinsured, or at risk of being so.”

Bill Veto Override ; vote number MA03-S134 on Jul 10, 2003


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