Patients will experience changes regarding time-limited eligibility, co-payments, and medical hardship.
The Health Safety Net is available to residents regardless of immigration status.
Health Safety Net regulations use the definition of affordability established by the Commonwealth Connector to determine whether a patient has access to affordable insurance.
Patients enrolled in certain insurance programs are eligible for Health Safety Net Secondary, which may pay for allowable services not covered by their insurance, deductibles, and coinsurance.
Health Safety Net Partial is for patients between 200 and 400% of the federal poverty level.
In a word, yes.
People who lose their MassHealth or Commonwealth Care coverage due to failure to pay premiums are not eligible for the Health Safety Net.
Applications are available from providers at hospitals or community health centers.
The Health Safety Net will have copayments for some services.
Covered services are now consistent with MassHealth Standard services.
