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.
A new pamphlet offers step-by-step guidance, just in time for taxes.
I got an email today from Nicole at Ecu-Health Care in North Adams, in response to our news post yesterday.
The Access Project provides coaching on how to negotiate unaffordable medical bills.
This online tool identifies organizations helping with MassHealth, Commonwealth Choice and Commonwealth Care enrollment.
MassHealth Advocacy Guide, revised in September 2006, is available.
