Building on the Commonwealth’s state health reform efforts and Affordable Care Act’s success, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) has been instrumental in providing premium relief to state residents, driving 253,000 individuals to enroll with the Health Connector during Open Enrollment (OE) for 2022 coverage. Massachusetts’s bedrock of affordability meant the state had a higher coverage rate than other states as the pandemic began and has largely maintained it over the last two years.
Published June 2022