To: The Massachusetts State House, The Massachusetts State Senate, and Governor Charlie Baker

Salary and Bonus Caps for Healthcare Executives

Keep health care costs down by restricting excessive healthcare CEO/Executive compensation & bonuses.

Why is this important?

The cost of healthcare has skyrocketed in recent years and this affects all of us. Administrative costs, layers of bureaucracy and especially executive compensation and bonuses in the millions of dollars directly and unnecessarily inflate our health care costs while doing nothing to keep us healthy. Since we in Massachusetts are required by law to have health insurance, it is not unreasonable to expect health care costs be kept down through a government mandate. No one should be profiting from an individual's illness or accident. This is not unconstitutional - many other states already limit what professionals can charge for services. For example, auto mechanics in California not being able to charge over a certain hourly rate for labor.