Search results
In November 2004, political leaders began advocating major reforms of the Massachusetts health care insurance system to expand coverage. First, the Senate President Robert Travaglini called for a plan to reduce the number of uninsured by half.
The Massachusetts Mandated Health Insurance Law. Key provisions of the law include subsidized health insurance for residents earning less than 300% of the Federal Poverty Level and low-cost insurance for all other residents who are not eligible for insurance through their employers.
Pursuant to state law, Massachusetts public employers must offer health insurance to employees whose duties “require not less than 20 hours, regularly, in the service of the governmental unit during the regular work week of permanent or temporary employment.”
Since its groundbreaking health reform law was enacted in 2006, 1 Massachusetts has achieved nearly universal coverage and greatly improved residents’ access to needed care. About 98 percent of residents had health insurance in 2010, including practically all (99.8 percent) of the state’s children.2 The most vulnerable residents, including ...
19 kwi 2024 · Boston — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that it received federal approval for MassHealth, Massachusetts’ Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), to amend its Section 1115 Demonstration (“1115 waiver”).
16 maj 2024 · The legislation passed today continues the House’s commitment to bettering the Commonwealth’s health care system, as was demonstrated during the passage of Massachusetts’ landmark health care reform laws of 2006 and 2012. Strengthening oversight
1 wrz 2016 · Abstract. Massachusetts’s 2006 health reform legislation was intended to move the state to near-universal health insurance coverage and to improve access to affordable health care. Ten...
