Massachusetts Health Insurance
How healthy is living in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts is ranked the 9th healthiest state in which to live, according to the latest edition of an annual ranking by a leading health care foundation.
Citizens of the state are less obese), more careful at work, immunize their children and have ready access to primary care doctors and adequate prenatal care.
They also smoke less, are more likely to be insured, have fewer infant and cardiovascular deaths and tend to live longer overall.
Massachusetts had no rankings in the bottom ten in any of the 20 categories surveyed. It's worst ranking was a #42 in number of citizens who participated in binge drinking (17.7 percent of the population). The next worse was a #36 in combating infectious disease.
See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Massachusetts.
Does Massachusetts have a risk pool for the uninsurable?
No, Massachusetts does not offer a risk pool for its citizen's who are medically-uninsurable. Contact your state officials.
Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state-to-state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the poolto keep it in the black. In the best cases they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Find more on risk pools here.
Cover The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Massachusetts
Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Cover The Uninsured's facts on the uninsured in Massachusetts.
- Its guide on how to find health insurance in Massachusetts.
- Materiales En Español -- Guías para encontrar cobertura de seguro de salud.
Georgetown University's Guide to Health Insurance in Massachusetts
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations contribute to funding its research. Find more on the Health Policy Institute.
News headlines on Massachusetts health insurance
Find the most recent headlines on health insurance in Massachusetts at Google News or Yahoo News.
Want single-payer health care? Concerned about the uninsured?
Contact your elected officials about health care issues
Contact your federal officials. Phone calls are best. Faxes are good, too. Since 9-11 postal mail creates long delays, and many members of Congress simply do not take e-mail seriously -- however, since e-mail is so easy it doesn't hurt to do that, too. Members of the Senate and Congress will usually ignore any correspondence that is not from their district, so its not desirable to blanket e-mail them (this type of abuse is why many do not view it favorably). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a guide on how to contact your elected officials, including a valuable list of dos and dont's.
- Contact the White House
Phone: toll free 1-800-671-7887 (ask for the Comment Line)
FAX: 1 202-456-2461 (fax)
E-mail:comments@whitehouse.gov
- Find contact information on your U.S. Representative
Locate by using your ZIP Code
Or if you know who your representative is, simply call the Capitol Switchboard toll-free at 1-800-962-3524
- Senator Ted Kennedy
PHONE: 202-224-4543 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-2417 (DC office)
Local offices
Contact by E-mail
- Senator John Kerry
PHONE: 202-224-2742 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-8525 (DC office)
Local offices
Contact by E-mail
- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
Office of the Governor, Room 360
Boston, MA 02133
PHONE: 617-725-4005
FAX: 617.727.9725
More offices
Contact by e-mail
- Contact your Massachusetts State Senator
- Contact your Massachusetts State Representative
USNews health insurance rankings for Massachusetts
US News does an annual ranking of what it considers the best health insurance plans in each state. Visit its reports on various health insurance or medical insurance plans being offered in Massachusetts.
Official State Goverment Sites with Massachusetts Health Insurance Information
State-provided info on health insurance -- from the Office of Conumer Affairs and Business Regulation. Includes info on the Massachusetts Health Care Reform law, under which all citizens 18 and over are required to purchase insurance.
MassHealth Services -- MassHealth pays for health care for certain low- and medium-income people living in the state, including a program for individuals who are HIV positive.  MassHealth also manages the Insurance Partnership for small businesses, the Children’s Medical Security Plan, Healthy Start, and the Special Kids/Special Care Pilot Program, cosponsored with the Department of Social Services.
Children's Medical Security Plan -- for children under the age of 19 who are Massachusetts residents at any income level, who do not qualify for MassHealth (except MassHealth Limited), and who are uninsured.
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