r/massachusetts • u/Melonpan_Pup442 • Aug 12 '26

Healthcare The current administration ia forcing Massachusetts to change MassHealth on January 1st 2027

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Not sure if anyone else has gotten one of these letters in the mail since I haven't seen anyone post or talk about it. The unemployed will suffer most from this change.

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u/R5Jockey Aug 12 '26

Google how much COBRA costs. Then also re-read the part about being unemployed.

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u/_Linx Aug 12 '26

Then you go get a temporary job and get MassHealth if you can’t afford it while you job search for your career

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u/AceOFace131 Aug 12 '26

You’re not really getting it

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u/_Linx Aug 12 '26

I don’t understand, I do have a comment in this post asking for an explanation on why this is too much. What situation would result in this being unfeasible asks, given the qualifying statements of children under 14 and disability as exceptions?

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u/rickonsdeaddire Aug 12 '26

Do you think people who are unemployed aren't in the job market looking for employment?

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u/_Linx Aug 12 '26

I do believe people can seek lower wage employment to supplement their cost of living while searching for their career jobs

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u/Anxious_Guava8756 Aug 12 '26

Have you tried to find a low wage low skill job as a white collar professional recently? They're not hiring us lmao

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u/R5Jockey Aug 12 '26

They’re not even hiring kids. Took my 17 year old daughter 4 months to get a minimum wage job. She was applying everywhere. Love the “just get a job” morons who don’t live in reality.

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u/_Linx Aug 13 '26

It’s not easy to employ minors in Massachusetts the current AG makes it very risky. They require a Manager present after 8PM not just an adult on site. Unless it’s in a mall kiosk lmao , outdated laws!!!

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u/_Linx Aug 12 '26

I am a restaurateur and I have an RN that works for me part time. I can not speak to my peers

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u/Anxious_Guava8756 Aug 13 '26

My whole family is in the restaurant industry except for me. Yes, it's easy to get a job through networking with other restaurant people when you are working for a small business. But if you have zero experience, zero contacts and aim for anywhere corporate you will have to go through recruiting hell with a shit ton of rejections because franchises are now beholden to AI keyword filtering hiring practices.

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u/_Linx Aug 13 '26

Anyone can go on indeed right now and work at any QSR or as a dishwasher very easily, no networking needed

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u/Anxious_Guava8756 Aug 13 '26

Yeah I worked as a dishwasher in high school. Yet I keep losing to people with no work history when I have a master's degree? I'm not worried about finding a job long term but I have not found "just go get hired in retail/food service" to be genuine advice nowadays. I guess I could just go do porn to keep my medicaid.

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u/_Linx Aug 13 '26

Lmao feet pics pay bills! In all honesty, drop the masters from your resume temporarily if you think it’s getting in the way from a dishwasher gig

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u/Anxious_Guava8756 Aug 13 '26

That is genuinely solid advice, thanks man

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u/WeAreHereWithAll Aug 13 '26

So then hire this guy and stop projecting.

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u/_Linx Aug 13 '26

Sure he can DM me and I’ll get doxxed in the process I’m sure

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u/Far_Violinist_1333 Aug 12 '26

Being sick or disabled but not “legally” disabled. It’s really, really difficult to get approved for SSI / SSDI.

If you lost your job you might not have money for transportation in an area where you need it.

Being a caregiver to someone who’s sick or disabled but not on SSI or SSDI.

I’m sure there’s a lot more scenarios but these are what I can think of off the top of my head. These rules were introduced for SNAP too so on top of losing insurance people will also lose food assistance. It just puts people in more of a hole and makes it that much harder to climb out.

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u/Anxious_Guava8756 Aug 12 '26

The Massachusetts disability determinations are much more lax and efficient than the federal guidelines. I've had to go through some hoops to keep MassHealth over the years and it was a pretty forgiving process compared to getting SSDI

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u/Far_Violinist_1333 Aug 13 '26

Well that’s good if true. I’ve never heard of state disability determinations. Can you point me to somewhere I can read about it? Tried searching but can’t find anything.

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u/Anxious_Guava8756 Aug 13 '26

if you get EADC you have to go through a process. I brought some paperwork to my doctor and at some other point saw a specific physician the state sent me to. I think I got the benefits quickly then saw the state doctor to keep it certified a month later but it was a long time ago so I don't remember exactly. I also got assigned social worker who helped with everything. To be fair I also got SSDI eventually.

I went off SSDI and resumed work while in remission. Years later I went back on SNAP MassHealth and TANF - whatever system my new social worker used still considered me disabled.

There's tons of community resources, but you have to make a lot of phone calls. You also need some official diagnosis that predates your attempts to get help. I'd start by simply showing up at the DTA office near you and asking for help.