What's new at MLS

See the action alert from Health Care for All, below, asking you to contact your state senator to ask for their support for Amendment #216, which would restore the MassHealth adult dental program and add coverage for root canals and crowns.    Please also ask your state senator…

A few resources and updates below before the weekend - stay tuned next week for a sign on letter from the anti-hunger community to the MA delegation for the Biden/Harris transition team!   DTA SNAP Application, Phone Line, & Processing Data During COVID   Attached is a…

Massachusetts' Open Enrollment period for 2021 coverage began on November 1, 2020 and will continue through January 23, 2021.    Anybody who wants to enroll in 2021 coverage through the Health Connector (or to purchase an individual plan directly from an insurance company) can…

Some upbeat news! We did not have a chance at yesterday's SNAP Coalition meeting to update folks on the great work being done by DTA and community orgs to launch a Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) in Massachusetts. HIP Project Director Frank Martinez-Nocito of DTA sent on the following…

You or your clients can now use DTA Connect to send documents to DTA! On Monday DTA released the second phase of DTA Connect, allowing clients to submit documents to DTA directly through the app!! This is very exciting for our clients who have access to a smartphone. Sending…

Forwarded here is info about notice from Connector to 7000 people who have to pay first month's bill to begin coverage on Feb 1 that they will have until Feb 10 to pay for Feb due to Connector delay mailing out bill (payments usually due by Jan 23 for Feb 1) ---------- Forwarded message…

Possible DTA Calls Going to Incorrect/Out-dated Client Phone Numbers: We are writing today with a specific problem we need your help with. A few months ago DTA changed the process for the SNAP application interviews. Instead of DTA workers manually making the phone calls, DTA uses an…

We are writing to ask you to reach out to low income veterans whose SNAP benefits may have been reduced or terminated because DTA incorrectly counted VA Pension monies the veteran does not receive. In addition to a host of troubling DTA "data matches" (matches involving…

We are hearing ongoing rumblings of problems getting through to DTA. One example from today from a community advocate:     "Every time I have tried to call DTA'€™s new main number or the recipient services line, I get the same message: âDue to an extremely high volume of calls,…

MassHealth and the Connector have posted the new paper application form to be used in applying for MassHealth, subsidized insurance through the Connector, CMSP and the Health Safety Net for people under age 65.  It's the ACA-3 (Oct…