Healey explores options to cover Mass. residents losing health insurance

AS THOUSANDS OF residents drop coverage or hunt for higher priced plans through the Massachusetts Health Connector, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that officials are exploring how to connect residents with other insurance options.

“We’ve seen premiums expected to increase two or three times,” Healey said on GBH News’ Boston Public Radio. “Now the good news — and I hope to be out with more word on this soon — we’re working to see how we can come up with ways to cover people.”

In the aftermath of the country’s longest government shutdown, Congress couldn’t reach a bipartisan deal to extend enhanced premium tax credits, which are slated to expire on December 31 under a 2022 federal law…

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