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  On its way out the door, the Trump Administration issued an interim final rule restricting important Medicaid protections enacted by Congress to keep people from losing benefits during the pandemic. Many of your orgs may have filed comments as MLRI did opposing the rule. We have not seen…

  Today, March 31 at 2 pm Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Webinar on Improving Access to COVID Vaccines for Immigrants On Wednesday, March 31 (2-3 ET), PIF is hosting a webinar titled, Improving Access to COVID Vaccines: Public Policy and Outreach Strategies. Join PIF and…

  It was 11 years ago in March that the ACA was enacted, and one year ago that the Governor declared a state public health emergency, so it feels particularly appropriate to be relaying today's update with good news about reducing barriers to enrollment for immigrants, plans to expand…

The American Rescue Plan Act includes many valuable benefits for low income Massachusetts families, not least more affordable insurance coverage through the Health Connector in 2021 and 2022 and relief from "reconciliation" for the unpredictable year of 2020 when people who received…

Forwarding fantastic news on public charge from the PIF coalition. It looks like this one is not just another upswing on the rollercoaster of public charge…

Hello all,    Please encourage your legislators to co-sponsor the following three Medicaid bills, and spread the word to your networks. Fact sheets are attached.    Extend postpartum coverage to direct MassHealth to seek approval from the federal government…

Hello all,    Updated FPL Tables:   The updated tables from MassHealth and MLRI showing the upper income levels for MassHealth and Health Connector programs are posted on MassLegalServices here.  The tables are updated to show the cost of living…