Other Subsidized Coverage, MassHealth

Public hearings on EOHHS FY10 budget

News - Submitted by Meg at CP on August 25, 2008 - 3:23pm.

Tell EOHHS what their funding priorities should be next year.

Help with figuring out benefit eligibility for immigrants

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on August 21, 2008 - 2:30pm.

Tools from MLRI can help translate some knowledge of a person’s immigration status into eligibility.

Chart summarizes Health Safety Net Retro and Secondary coverages

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on July 23, 2008 - 9:33am.

A one-page chart clearly outlines who can receive which benefits and under what circumstances.

MassMedline still provides free prescription assistance

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on July 9, 2008 - 5:11pm.

Massachusetts residents with questions about medications or difficulty paying for them can get help.

What "outreach & enrollment" actually looks like...

Blog - July 7, 2008 - 12:48pm - Brian Eno - Healthy Connections - Orange

"Outreach & enrollment" means much more than putting up posters and helping people fill out MassHealth applications. Recently, over the course of a two hour appointment, my supervisor and I counseled one household on eleven different public health insurance, subsidy and care programs. We helped them file four separate applications to five different insurance programs, putting together a patchwork of care options to cover the hole left by the loss of employer-sponsored insurance.

Terminations for non-payment of premiums begin June 13

News - Submitted by Meg at CP on June 12, 2008 - 1:14pm.

Some MassHealth and CMSP members are losing benefits.

How do tax rebates figure in determining MassHealth eligibility?

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on May 9, 2008 - 10:34am.

MassHealth will not count federal economic stimulus rebates as income, but can consider them assets after an exemption period.

Heating bills and health care

Blog - May 7, 2008 - 10:55am - Meg Kroeplin - Community Partners - Amherst

This winter, about 100,000 households in the Commonwealth were protected from losing their heat, electricity and other utilities by the state utility shut-off protection laws, which prevents shut-off for households whose circumstances meet certain conditions. This protection ended on May 1, and people have begun getting shut-off notices. These notices are bad news, but CAN be used to request a MassHealth premium waiver or Commonwealth Care premium waiver.

Upcoming training on health coverage programs

News - Submitted by Meg at CP on March 12, 2008 - 11:00am.

MLRI offers a daylong workshop about state benefits and how to secure them.

Health Care Reform

An overview of major parts of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law.