Category: Determining Household and Income (MAGI)

Social Security Benefits

Hi All; Does anyone know what is happening with taxes when someone has income from social security? I had two patients to renew insurance. Both patients receive income through social security. One of them receives income for disability (SSI ) , the other for retirement. In both cases, the income received from social security was not counted in […]

Does pregnancy count as one?

Hi; I just did an application with a couple who are pregnant.  Does the baby count as one giving them a family of three instead of two?  Their income is $59,678.96 annually.  For a family of three this would make them eligible for a ConnectorCare 3B plan.  For a Family of two it puts them […]

Wrong Approval for Health Connector Plans

Hi, I have a client who was just approved for Social Security disability in January.  She also has a job.  Between the two incomes her FPL is 237.01%.  For some reason her eligibility is for a Health Connector Plan instead of a ConnectorCare 3A plan.  Her premium in 2018 was $44.00.  In January 2019 her […]

Seasonal Worker Income

I have a client who worked for seven months on a project for one of the hilltowns.  The total payment for this job was $23,500.  He was paid biweekly.  We submitted an application and he was approved for ConnectorCare 2B.   He enrolled in a plan for $67 a month.  His pay stubs were submitted immediately.  During the […]

Feedback Needed: MassHealth Disability Process by 10/12

Hello Loopers,  There have been many conversation threads regarding issues with the process for people applying for MassHealth due to having an illness or disability. MassHealth is taking inventory of the process and creating new training materials. We have the opportunity to provide feedback. Please post to this thread about barriers you have seen with the current […]

+65 versus -65 Self Employed

Hi, I am assisting a client who is over 65 and self-employed.  She is approved for partial HSN instead of full.  The client sent in her 2017 Form 1040 and accompanying schedules.  We called MassHealth to dispute what they are using as her income which takes her over the 150% FPL for HSN.  I thought that income […]

Commonhealth/VA benefits

I have a CommonHealth member who was recently terminated due to not meeting the deductible.  He also has Medicare.   He has been a One Care member with Commonwealth Care Alliance since the start in 2013.  With CCA there are no deductibles and copays, so its understandable as to why it would be terminated.  He has […]

What Happened to the Dates?

Hi, Where are the dates that used to appear at the top of the page when the Application Summary, Eligibility details, and Current Enrollment pages were printed out?  I relied on these date to keep a timeline of changes I made to clients applications via the assister portal.   Can this feature be put back?