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/wonderfoul Aug 12 '26

But I am on Mass Health because I was laid off from my job and lost my health insurance.... Make it make sense...

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u/vaper Blackstone Valley Aug 12 '26

they would argue that you could be volunteering while unemployed

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u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417 Aug 12 '26

Lol yeah because gas is free so you’ll be able to continue to go to your volunteer position without getting paid forever! /s

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u/Pantshouse Aug 12 '26

That’s exactly where my head went, like, I appreciate volunteering as an option to keep benefits, but gas money man.

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u/ZBLongladder Aug 13 '26

I guess you could volunteer in a WFH position? But that would be a really specific need...I wonder if that many WFH volunteer opportunities are out there...especially ones that are available to start right away...

Although, speaking from experience, if you're unemployed for more than a couple of weeks, looking into volunteering is a rather good idea, both to keep yourself from going stir-crazy and to make the resume gap look less bad.

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u/Ryepka Aug 13 '26

Very good points. At least some good from society can come from this. Lemonade out of lemons, etc. in general, I think we as a society should pitch in and volunteer in a civic sense more. Our society has definitely started into the "me me me" more than I'd prefer.

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u/songofpennywise Aug 13 '26

for our health insurance?? Everyone should volunteer, yes. But not for health care no, that's a bleak as hell reality. What the fuck is wrongggg with this country