Health Care for All

Healthcare workers back Medicaid ACO pilot proposal

As legislative discussions continue regarding the potential creation of a Medicaid ACO pilot program, the state’s largest healthcare union released the following statement today in support of the effort to create such a program as reflected in the House version of the Massachusetts state budget:

“Based on the success of the Medicare Pioneer ACO program in providing better coordinated, quality care, 1199SEIU healthcare workers support the creation of a Medicaid ACO pilot program in Massachusetts. As healthcare workers, we feel a Medicaid ACO pilot program presents an excellent opportunity to control costs while pursuing high quality, coordinated care for some of our most vulnerable and at-risk patients.”



– Veronica Turner, 1199SEIU Executive Vice President

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Representing more than 52,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts and nearly 450,000 workers across the East Coast, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all. 1199SEIU is part of the 2.1 million member Service Employees International Union