Almost everyone in Massachusetts has insurance to help pay for needed health care, thanks to the continued success of state and national health reform efforts. Massachusetts continues to lead the nation when it comes to health insurance coverage, according to data released today by the Census Bureau from its American Community Survey (ACS)
This budget brief summarizes the Fiscal Year 2015 budget for MassHealth and Health Reform Programs. The FY 2015 MassHealth budget covers the first full year of implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. More than half of this funding will be reimbursed by the federal government.
This budget brief describes differences between the FY 2015 House and Senate Budget proposals for MassHealth and Health Reform Programs. A legislative conference committee will meet to reconcile differences between the two proposals and send a consensus budget to the Governor, who then has ten days to review and sign the budget.
This budget brief describes the House’s FY 2015 budget proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and Health Reform Programs. The House budget includes $14.7 billion in funding for the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth) and other publicly subsidized and related health care programs. The House budget does not differ dramatically from the Governor’s proposal, which included $14.6 billion for health care spending.
On January 22, the Governor released his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2015, which begins on July 1, 2014. The Governor’s budget totals approximately $39.4 billion in spending, $14.6 billion of which is designated for the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth) and other publicly subsidized and related health care programs.
This brief, produced by MMPI in partnership with the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, will supplement the MMPI budget analyses by providing information on trust funds that support health coverage programs in Massachusetts.
Over the past several years, Massachusetts has expanded its efforts to improve the emotional well-being of our youngest children. Massachusetts is way ahead of other states in developmental screenings for young low-income children, according to a newly-released report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
A new fact sheet, “Health Care in the FY 2014 Budget”, summarizes the budget’s impact on MassHealth (Medicaid) and other subsidized health coverage programs. The FY 2014 budget contains $13.32 billion in funding for MassHealth and other coverage programs, which represents an increase of 4.7 percent over current FY 2013 appropriations.
This brief summarizes the House and Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget proposals for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other subsidized health coverage programs. The House’s budget bill allocates $13.38 billion to these health care programs while the Senate bill allocates $13.45 billion. Both proposals are less than the Governor’s proposal of $13.6 billion. The House and Senate bills both reflect the significant changes to health care programs that will occur midway through the fiscal year, when central provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act take effect. This budget brief is the third in a series of FY 2014 reports describing the effect of various budget proposals on Health Care programs in Massachusetts. The briefs are produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute–and published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI).
This brief describes the FY 2014 House proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other subsidized health coverage programs. The House allocates $13.38 billion to these programs, about $221 million (1.6 percent) less than the Governor had proposed. As in the Governor’s budget, the House bill reflects the significant changes to health care programs that will occur midway through the fiscal year, when central provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act take effect. This brief is the second in a series of reports describing the effect of each budget proposal on Health Care programs in Massachusetts. The briefs are produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute–and published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI).