Manatt Health's New Analysis of Federal Policy's Impact on Massachusetts Health Coverage Programs

Manatt prepared this resource with support from BCBSMA Foundation.

Manatt Health Senior Managing Director , Partner , Senior Advisor and Manager have prepared a new chart pack on emerging federal policy and potential implications for subsidized health insurance programs in Massachusetts. On March 20, 2025, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation hosted a webinar that featured a presentation of the chart pack’s content by its authors from Manatt Health.

This chart pack describes the potential threats to subsidized health insurance coverage and financing in Massachusetts under the new federal administration. The goals of this chart pack are to:

• Provide a high-level overview of MassHealth, the Health Connector, and publicly subsidized health insurance programs in Massachusetts that could be impacted by federal policy changes.
• Describe the potential changes in federal financing and policy related to Medicaid and subsidized Affordable Care Act Marketplace coverage programs that are being considered by Congress and the Trump administration.
• Provide estimates of the potential impacts of these changes (in terms of dollars or lives) for MassHealth and Massachusetts Connector coverage.
• Identify, to the extent possible, the timing, political hurdles, and implementation vehicles for these potential changes.

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To view a recording of this webinar, .

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