New state data shows that Black and Hispanic residents are using hospital services at higher rates than other groups, potentially pointing to uneven challenges accessing primary care and differences in…
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STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 16, 2023 – The net worth of health insurance plans in Massachusetts swelled during the pandemic years, as ratepayer premiums have continued to climb and more…
BOSTON (SHNS) – The net worth of health insurance plans in Massachusetts swelled during the pandemic years, as ratepayer premiums have continued to climb and more and more Bay Staters…
BOSTON (SHNS) – More than 30,000 children and young adults in Massachusetts are ineligible for comprehensive MassHealth coverage because of their immigration status, according to an advocacy group that backs…
Tens of thousands of children and young adults in Massachusetts are unable to access the health care they need because their immigration status poses a barrier, advocates told state legislators…
BOSTON (SHNS) – Three months into a year-long campaign to reassess eligibility for all 2.4 million MassHealth members, officials are still waiting for the ripples of disruption to turn into…
Since MassHealth redeterminations resumed on April 1 after pausing during the pandemic, state and nonprofit agencies have been working to ensure that people who rely on the insurance program do…
For Immediate Release: July 13, 2023 Media Contact: Laura Giordano (774) 214-6410 lgiordano@melwoodglobal.com PRESS RELEASE Healey-Driscoll Administration highlights efforts to maintain coverage for Worcester-area residents through MassHealth redetermination process WORCESTER…
Authored by HCFA Executive Director Amy Rosenthal & Mass Medical Society President Dr. Barbara Spivak MASSACHUSETTS’ HEALTH CARE is the best in the nation, yet care is still out of...
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At the community health center in downtown Lowell, patient navigator Abbas Tanner made a phone call — one of dozens that he and his colleagues would make that day. On…