The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing is responsible for health-related bills which might affect the state budget.
If you live in one of the blue towns (listed alphabetically), you do have a state legislator on the committee: click on their name to go directly to their contact page.
If you live in one of the purple indented towns, you might have a state legislator on the committee: click here, enter your address, and see if one of the names matches. The state system should then take you directly to their contact page:
If your legislators aren't on the committee, you can still help! Click here, enter your address, contact your legislators, and tell them that you really want them to talk to their colleagues who are on that key committee and ask them why they haven't yet done this thing that is both very easy and very important.
Amesbury (parts of town) (Rep. Dawne Shand)
Barnstable (parts of town) (Rep. Kip A. Diggs)
Berlin (Rep. Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Vice Chair))
Boston (parts of town) (Rep. Chynah Tyler,
Rep. John Francis Moran)
Boylston (Rep. Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Vice Chair))
Brookline (parts of town) (Rep. Paul K. Frost)
Charlton (parts of town) (Rep. Paul K. Frost)
Chelsea (Rep. Judith A. Garcia)
Chesterfield (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Cummington (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Dartmouth (Rep. Christopher M. Markey))
Everett (parts of town) (Rep. Judith A. Garcia)
Goshen (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Grafton (Rep. David K. Muradian, Jr.)
Hatfield (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Lancaster (Rep. Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Vice Chair))
Leicester (parts of town) (Rep. Paul K. Frost)
New Bedford (parts of town) Â (Rep. Christopher M. Markey)
Newburyport (Rep. Dawne Shand)
Newton (parts of town) (Rep. John J. Lawn, Jr. (Chair))
Northampton (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Northborough (parts of town) (Rep. Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Vice Chair))
Northbridge (Rep. David K. Muradian, Jr.)
Oxford (parts of town) (Rep. Paul K. Frost)
Plainfield (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Shrewsbury (Rep. Hannah Kane, Ranking Minority)
Sterling (Rep. Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Vice Chair))
Upton (Rep. David K. Muradian, Jr.)
Waltham (parts of town) (Rep. John J. Lawn, Jr. (Chair))
Watertown (parts of town) (Rep. John J. Lawn, Jr. (Chair))
Westborough (parts of town) (Rep. Hannah Kane (Ranking Minority))
Westhampton (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Williamsburg (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Worthington (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Yarmouth (parts of town) (Rep. Kip A. Diggs)
all of Dukes County (Martha’s Vineyard, Elizabeth Islands) (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Arlington (Sen. Cindy F. Friedman (Chair))
Ashby (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Attleboro (Sen. Paul R. Feeney)
Barnstable (Sen. Julian Cyr, and also check below!)
Berkley (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Billerica (Sen. Cindy F. Friedman (Chair))
Braintree (parts of town) (Sen. William J. Driscoll, Jr.)
Brewster (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Bridgewater (Sen. William J. Driscoll, Jr.)
Burlington (Sen. Cindy F. Friedman (Chair))
Canton (Sen. Paul R. Feeney)
Carver (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Chatham (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Clinton (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Dennis (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Dighton (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Eastham (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Easton (Sen. William J. Driscoll, Jr.)
Fitchburg (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Foxborough (Sen. Paul R. Feeney)
Groton (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Harwich (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Haverhill (parts of town) (Sen. Pavel M. Payano)
Lancaster (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Lawrence (Sen. Pavel M. Payano)
Leominster (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Lexington (parts of town) (Sen. Cindy F. Friedman (Chair))
Lunenburg (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Mansfield (Sen. Paul R. Feeney)
Marion (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Methuen (Sen. Pavel M. Payano)
Middleborough (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Milton (Sen. William J. Driscoll, Jr.)
Nantucket (Sen. Julian Cyr)
North Attleborough (Sen. Paul R. Feeney)
Norton (Sen. Paul R. Feeney)
Orleans (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Plainfield (Rep. Lindsay N. Sabadosa)
Provincetown (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Randolph (parts of town) (Sen. William J. Driscoll, Jr.)
Raynham (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Rehoboth (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Seekonk (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Sharon (Sen. Paul R. Feeney)
Shirley (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Stoughton (Sen. William J. Driscoll, Jr.)
Taunton (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Townsend (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Truro (Sen. Julian Cyr)
Wareham (Sen. Kelly A. Dooner (Ranking Minority))
Wellfleet (Sen. Julian Cyr)
West Bridgewater (Sen. William J. Driscoll, Jr.)
Westford (Sen. John J. Cronin)
Woburn (Sen. Cindy F. Friedman (Chair))
Yarmouth (Sen. Julian Cyr)