Recent Press Releases

Massachusetts health care reform’s 18th birthday: All-time high Massachusetts Health Connector enrollment, more than 1 million people covered in the last decade

April 12, 2024 – The Massachusetts Health Connector is celebrating today’s 18th anniversary of health care reform in Massachusetts, highlighting all-time high enrollment in health and dental plans, and providing health insurance to more than 1.1 million Massachusetts residents since 2015. Today, 350,000 Massachusetts residents get their health or dental coverage (or both) through the Health Connector, the most in the Marketplace’s history. This includes more than 250,000 in ConnectorCare coverage, the Health Connector’s landmark subsidized health insurance program. “Massachusetts’s historic health care reform law was signed into law on April 12, 2006, and not only created new opportunities [...]

Friday, April 12th, 2024|Announcements, Press Release|

Massachusetts Health Connector ends busiest Open Enrollment in a decade with more than 72,000 new enrollments

Marketplace enrollment increases dramatically by 40 percent in the last yearBOSTON – More than 72,000 people enrolled in new health insurance plans with the Massachusetts Health Connector during Open Enrollment 2024, which ended on January 23. This is the largest number of new enrollments in a decade, continuing a rapid increase in overall Health Connector enrollment, which has surged by 40 percent in the last year.Since February 2023, Health Connector individual health coverage enrollment has grown from 209,000 to 294,000 – a total increase of 85,000. Contributing to the surge in enrollment was this year’s historic ConnectorCare expansion – increasing [...]

Monday, January 29th, 2024|Announcements, Press Release|

Open Enrollment starts with new ConnectorCare eligibility delivering more affordable coverage to more residents

The deadline for coverage beginning January 1 is December 23, 2023, but residents have until January 23 to apply for 2024 coverage BOSTON, November 1, 2023 – Open Enrollment for 2024 health plans through the Massachusetts Health Connector starts today, with expanded access for tens of thousands of newly-eligible Massachusetts residents to the landmark ConnectorCare program that already helps 156,000 people access more affordable coverage. Open Enrollment is when anyone who needs health insurance can find coverage through the Health Connector, the Commonwealth’s official health insurance Marketplace. Open Enrollment runs through Jan. 23, but the deadline to start the [...]

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023|Announcements, Press Release|

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