Federal COVID-related Medicaid protections are sunsetting, which means many Massachusetts residents are expected to need new health insurance over the next 12 months as their MassHealth coverage ends.
Many of those individuals may be employees who need coverage through their employer’s plan, or support obtaining new coverage elsewhere.
- In April 2023 and over the following 12 months, MassHealth will begin redetermining the status of program members. Many Massachusetts individuals and families will no longer qualify for that coverage and must find new health insurance.
- Massachusetts requires everyone to have health insurance or face a tax penalty if someone doesn’t have coverage.
- Employers are being asked to help Massachusetts maintain its near-universal health insurance rate by connecting employees losing MassHealth coverage to new health coverage.
Join us for an upcoming webinar where staff from MassHealth and the Health Connector will explain the MassHealth renewals process and health coverage options through the state’s Marketplace – the Massachusetts Health Connector – for those employees who may not be eligible for employer benefits. For more information about MassHealth Renewals, please visit the MassHealth Eligibility Redeterminations page.
This webinar will provide general information on MassHealth and Massachusetts Health Connector coverage and other topics, but they will not be able to help anyone with their specific health coverage questions.
