What's new at MLS

Hello all, I hope everybody had a restful long weekend!    Our next (and last of the year) Health Care Working Group meeting will be next Wednesday, December 7, 3-4:30pm.    We thought it would be helpful for everybody to hear about each other's…

The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute now has more resources available to devote to addressing health access issues for returning citizens and other criminal-justice involved individuals. We are hiring for someone to lead this project and hope you can help spread the word to your…

Federal officials promised the states at least 60 days advance notice of the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. There was no such notice that the most recent 90-day extension of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency  through Jan 11, 2023 will be the last.  During the…

Extension of Health Connector Open Enrollment 2021   The Health Connector announced today that Open Enrollment has been extended through March 23, 2021.   This means that you can continue to help consumers apply for health insurance coverage and if they are eligible…

Thanks to those of you who attended our Health Care Working Group meeting yesterday.  We promised to pass on links to various updates that we didn't have time to cover during the meeting.   For  next time, please let us know: Topics you'd like to see covered at…

Health Update Jan. 6, 2021 Sign on deadline Jan 8, 2021: Protecting Immigrant Families sign-on letter to urge Biden administration to take immediate action to reverse the public charge rule.  Click here to sign your organization onto the letter. The sign-on deadline…

Happy new year, everyone!   This is a reminder to let me know (by emailing me at ksymmonds@mlri.org) by NOON today (January 4) if your organization would like to sign on to the comments that HCFA, HLA, GBLS, and MLRI jointly drafted, responding to CMS's Interim…