If state legislators needed a cheering section for enacting universal primary health care, they got one Tuesday night.
During a public hearing jointly hosted by the House Health Care and Senate Health and Welfare committees, more than 50 people expressed support for a publicly funded health plan that would provide primary care for all.
The financing and administrative details of such a plan have yet to be worked out. But lawmakers said the stories they heard during two and a half hours of testimony reinforced the need for a more accessible primary care system.