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Posted: April 30, 2026

The Massachusetts Health Connector’s Policy and Plan Management Team would like to invite a graduate student to join their team for the Summer of 2026 in participation of the Health Connector’s Fellowship and Internship program. The Fellow will work with key members of the Policy and Plan Management Team, responsible for analysis and implementation of state and federal policy.

The Policy Fellow will report to our Associate Director of Policy.

The Health Connector’s Policy department conducts research and analysis to support organizational knowledge and decision-making. The Policy department consists of two teams; the Policy team provides research and analysis and the Plan Management team designs and implements the Health Connector’s insurance product shelf in conjunction with insurance carriers.

The Policy Team at the Health Connector is seeking a fellow to help with two projects:

Help us improve the public dissemination of information about how Health Connector programs and policies may impact enrollment, health care access, and health equity. The goal will be to identify best practices from the field and make recommendations for how the Health Connector can enhance how data and information is shared with external stakeholders, such as state and federal policy makers, advocates, community organizations, and the public more broadly.

Project Deliverable

This project will include the creation of one deliverable:

• Presentation: Prepare a deck including an environmental scan comparing how other State-based Marketplaces (SBMs) share public information about how their programs impact enrollment, health care access, and health equity. This deck should include examples of other SBM policy reports, including a comparison of how data are disaggregated (e.g., geographic variables), the types of products that are disseminated, the frequency of reporting (i.e., monthly, annually), best practices for distilling important information in easily digestible formats, and examples of innovations from other states.

Due to recent federal policy changes, there will be fewer people who qualify for publicly subsidized coverage, likely to result in an increase in the uninsured in Massachusetts. We are currently monitoring those who are currently enrolled in Health Connector coverage and are likely to be impacted by these forthcoming policy changes, but we are trying to better understand who is currently uninsured, and to what extent they are “gettable” (i.e., eligible but unenrolled in Health Connector coverage) to help mitigate the overall uninsurance impacts of forthcoming federal policy changes. Using publicly available data—such as federal data sources like the US Census and American Community Survey as well as Massachusetts-specific data from the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA)—we would like to analyze characteristics of the currently uninsured, and identify who is potentially eligible for Health Connector coverage to inform strategies for outreach and engagement.

Project Deliverables:

This project will include the creation of two deliverables.

• Report: A narrative report will present the demographic breakdown of the current uninsured population in Massachusetts, with details on specific characteristics and an analysis of their likely eligibility for health coverage programs, with particular emphasis on ConnectorCare eligibility.
• Presentation: Prepare a deck to present the findings to Health Connector staff to inform action.

• Conduct environmental scan (i.e., identify, compare, and synthesize best practices from the field)
• Review Health Connector data assets
• Conduct data synthesis and analysis using publicly available data sets
• Prepare written reports
• Prepare presentations
• Produce basic data visualizations
• Participate in other policy, plan management, and carrier relations projects as assigned

• Graduate students must be enrolled in a master’s degree program that coincides with the Health Connector Fellowship offerings
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills
• Ability to take initiative and work independently on projects
• Strong MS Office Suite skills, including but not limited to Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to build strong working relationships
• Excellent technical writing skills to prepare outward-facing, publicly available analytical documents and reports and the ability to explain results accurately and concisely to both technical/non-technical colleagues and stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• Basic skills in data visualization
• Basic data analysis skills in Excel
• Foundational knowledge of health insurance in the United States and the Affordable Care Act