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“If anything might be bipartisan, it could be long-term care. Everybody has parents. A solution has to be bipartisan. Long-term care may be one of those areas where it’s possible.”

Jonathan Gruber, Ford Professor of Economics and MIT Department Head, The age-old problem of long-term care, MIT Press, May 5, 2025

A well-functioning health care system should provide affordable access to needed health care in a timely way for all residents, without regard to their race, ethnicity, income, zip code, age, gender, or sexual orientation. The Massachusetts health care system, despite many exemplary qualities, does not do this. Recent challenges and crises have brought into relief the shortcomings of a system that is largely governed by market dynamics and the decisions of private parties. Though the Commonwealth moved away from most planning practices years ago, there is new interest in exploring how planning can improve the allocation of health care resources in service to access, quality, and affordability. Policymakers and administrators can learn from past and present experience to enhance the health care system in a way that benefits all people in Massachusetts.

State Health Planning to Improve Access to Care in Massachusetts: Needs and Current Tools (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, April 30, 2025)

Mission

Dignity Alliance Massachusetts is dedicated to transformative change to ensure the dignity of older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.  We are committed to advancing new ways of providing long-term services, support, living options, and care, while respecting choice and self-determination.  Through education, legislation, regulatory reform, and legal strategies, this mission will become reality throughout the Commonwealth.

As a grass-roots coalition of aging and disability service and advocacy organizations and supporters, Dignity Alliance Massachusetts works to secure fundamental changes.

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DignityMA Priorities and Key Topics

MANHR – A Program of DignityMA

Massachusetts Advocates for Nursing Homes has essential information on nursing homes in MA, including advice for resolving complaints.

Urgent Action Items

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In the News

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• The MA Senate released a report in response to COVID-19. Read more, including the DignityMA response, on the Policies page.
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