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NEXT HEALTH CARE WORKING GROUP MEETING: WEDNESDAY SEPT. 27, 2023, 3-4:30. The zoom link should be in your calendar. We’ll resend the link early next week.   Health Updates for Sept. 22, 2023 MassHealth Redeterminations CMS Letter to States on “Ex Parte” Renewals and Mitigation…

We'd love your org to join MLRI in signing on to a letter to Congress to fully fund the WIC program.  Nationwide the funding shortfall could harm over 600K eligible participants. The funding shortfall will have a serious negative impact on hundreds of women, infants and children in…

Greetings SNAP Coalition members.  We hope you had a restful Labor Day break. We have a few important items below, and a reminder that the next statewide SNAP Coalition meeting will be on Tuesday, September 26, from 10-11:30 AM. DTA Commissioner Jeff McCue (who returned to lead DTA) will…

The legislative hearing on the doula bill, An Act relative to Medicaid coverage for doula services (S.782/H.1240) is happening this Wednesday, 10am-3pm, in the Gardner Auditorium. The doula bill would require MassHealth to cover doula service, and create…

Hello all, and happy new week!  I'm writing with an update on the doula bill, An Act relative to Medicaid coverage for doula services (H.1240/S.782). Click here for a fact sheet, and here for talking points. The bill would require MassHealth to cover doula…

Dear Feeding Our Neighbors and SNAP Coalition Members: As many of you know, tomorrow, Tuesday, September 12th, the Joint Committee on Children and Families is holding a public hearing on roughly 35 bills, including S.76/H.135 An Act establishing basic needs assistance for Massachusetts…

A few updates to start September after Labor Day weekend. Our next Coalition meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 26 from 10-11:30. Zoom link here.  In the meantime - if you are following the news, there are concerns circulating about the potential of a government…

Yesterday afternoon, Governor Maura Healey released a FY23 “Supplemental Budget” to address a number of fiscal crises in the Commonwealth including the growing need for emergency shelter for new arrivals and funding to continue universal school meals for the rest of the 22/23 school…

Greetings SNAP Coalition members and thanks to the 140+ folks who attended Tuesday’s meeting.  We have a LOT going on the next few weeks! And if you are in Boston today, the Feed Kids Campaign has State House event at 11 AM and the Lift Our Kids Campaign has a State House event at 2 PM!…

MassHealth Advocacy Alert   We need your help at an upcoming Jan 30, 2023 public hearing about MassHealth policies for collecting “overpayments” from MassHealth beneficiaries. Currently, MassHealth collects Premium Assistance overpayments from beneficiaries in a…