The Cape Care Model Plan and the Cape Care Community Health Trust legislation
Summary
Introduction to the Cape Care Model Plan and Summary of Cape Care Community Health Trust HB4138 (4 pages, PDF)
The Cape Care Model Plan
in PDF or
HTML format*, or the Executive Summary only (PDF)
This plan represents over four years of work and study conducted by the Cape Care Coalition, a group of Cape residents, medical professionals and public officials. The goal of this document is to present a model of how a single-payer healthcare system for the residents of Barnstable County might function. As this is a "living document", we encourage residents of the Cape to comment and suggest ways in which it can be improved. We welcome involvement, feedback, suggestions and questions.
* The PDF version, if downloaded and opened in Acrobat Reader, has bookmarks for easy navigation;
the HTML version lacks headers and footers (page numbers).
Cape Care Community Health Trust HB4138
the enabling legislative bill for Cape Care which was filed in January, 2009 at the Massachusetts Statehouse (PDF)
Statehouse listing (w sponsors)
Watch a video of the Wellfleet Draft Model Forum. The video was shot and produced by Tim McCarthy of LIPTV.
