State House to Vote Today! Thank you to everyone who send a letter to their state legislators about the Mass General Brigham expansion. We have just learned that there is a vote TODAY about a new law that would protect community hospitals by making sure that in the future proposals like MGB’s get closer scrutiny. The Coalition to Protect Community Care is asking us to send a quick note to our State Rep – again, it’s totally quick and easy to do. Just click here:
Here are a couple of articles about it:
Here’s what the letter says that you would be sending to your State Rep:
As the state seeks to enhance the market review process for healthcare provider expansions, I would like to express my support of H.4253 and respectfully ask that you vote in favor of passing the bill, ensuring that any legislation holds Mass General Brigham (MGB) and its expansion plans accountable.
With healthcare costs continuing to skyrocket each year, I applaud the Speaker and House leadership’s efforts to improve and strengthen the regulatory process for reviewing provider expansions through determination of need. The root cause for this legislation – MGB’s proposal to build three new ambulatory care centers in Woburn, Westwood, and Westborough – has raised serious concerns about how expansions without sufficient need can exacerbate healthcare costs, worsen health inequities, and threaten community providers.
H.4253 would establish a thorough, objective regulatory framework that would protect both patients and community healthcare providers from expansion proposals like MGB’s that would have detrimental impacts on the healthcare landscape and the Commonwealth.
Please consider voting to pass H.4253 to help contain healthcare costs; protect high-quality, affordable healthcare providers; keep low-cost community hospitals sustainable; and preserve access to critical safety net services.