![]() ![]() ![]() For people who currently do not have health insurance and need coverage, the Health Connector is maintaining an extended Open Enrollment period through July 23. The changes in federal premium subsidies create new savings for many people who are currently in Health Connector coverage, or considering enrolling in coverage. “Massachusetts residents will get more help paying for their health insurance premiums in 20 through the Health Connector.” “The changes created by the American Rescue Plan represent the most significant expansion of financial assistance since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010,” said Louis Gutierrez, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Connector. Many other people, both Health Connector members and those who don’t currently purchase through the Health Connector, who previously did not get help paying their premiums will become newly eligible for subsidies and can start to access lower premiums during May, for June coverage. Current members who are in ConnectorCare or who receive Advance Premium Tax Credits to reduce their premiums will see even lower premiums starting with their May premium payment. Most of the Health Connector’s 270,000 current members, along with new enrollees, will experience lower health premiums for 20 under the new law. The new law will make federal premium subsidies, known as Advance Premium Tax Credits, more generous in two ways: It will increase them for many of the Massachusetts residents who already receive them, and it will make federal premium subsidies available to more people who have never qualified before. Ma– The Massachusetts Health Connector will be able to provide hundreds of thousands of people with new and increased help paying for their health insurance premiums as a result of the recently enacted American Rescue Plan, starting for May coverage. Extended enrollment to run through July 23 to maximize opportunity for residents to gain access to new premium support ![]()
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