Massachusetts Question 7, National Healthcare Program Advisory Question (1986)
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| Topic Healthcare governance and Private health insurance |
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| Type Legislatively referred advisory question |
Origin |
Massachusetts Question 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred advisory question in Massachusetts on November 4, 1986. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported urging the US Congress to adopt a national healthcare program. |
A “no” vote opposed urging the US Congress to adopt a national healthcare program. |
Election results
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Massachusetts Question 7 |
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1,045,975 | 67.22% | ||
| No | 510,161 | 32.78% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 7 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Commonwealth of Massachusetts urge the United States Congress to enact a national health program which provides high quality comprehensive personal health care including preventive, curative and occupational health services; is universal in coverage, community controlled, rationally organized, equitably financed, with no out-of-pocket charges, is sensitive to the particular health needs of all, and is efficient in containing its cost; and whose yearly expenditure does not exceed the proportion of the Gross National Product spent on health care in the immediately preceding fiscal year? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote of a resolve is required during one legislative session of the Massachusetts State Legislature to place an advisory question on the ballot. That amounts to 81 votes in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Massachusetts State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Advisory questions do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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