Ballot question
Non-binding Question 10 (1st Hampden): single-payer universal health care
- On the ballot in
- MA 1st Hampden District
- Vote
- Yes or no
- Election
- Nov 3, 2026
The question, as printed on the ballot
Shall the Representative from this District be instructed to vote for legislation to create a single-payer system of universal health care that would provide all Massachusetts residents with comprehensive health care coverage including the freedom to choose doctors and other health care professionals, facilities, and services, and that would eliminate the role of insurance companies in health care by creating a publicly administered insurance trust fund?
A “Yes” vote means
Advises the district's state representative to vote for a single-payer universal health care system run through a publicly administered insurance trust fund. Advisory only.
A “No” vote means
Advises against instructing the district's state representative to vote for single-payer health care legislation. Advisory only; it does not change any law.
Non-binding public policy question: advisory only, it instructs the district's state representative and has no binding effect on state law.
Sources
- 2026 State Election Ballot Questions · Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
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