Category: Health Connector Website

Redetermination Letters-Updating Medicare Status

Morning Loopers! I have been receiving phone calls from folks that have gotten their letters to update their information with The Connector, they have informed me that they will be eligible for Medicare in October and November.  They wanted to update that in their online account, but are unable to. Questions:   1) Will this […]

Old Address – Verification

Hi All  — I recently helped a couple who moved to MA from India within the last couple of months. After we completed the application online, the website listed verifications needed for both of them, and for the wife it listed Proof of Residency, as well as Proof of “Old Address”, which I’d never seen before. The examples given […]

Incorrect Program Determination

We had a client on Monday: Single mom w/custody of three children (1 of whom is disabled), all are US citizens (born here), FPL 29.08%.  We completed an online application. She and one child received a ConnectorCare determination, her disabled child and one other child received a MassHealth determination.  We called the Connector, and the CSR said that […]

SEP questions for disabled applicants

Earlier this week, I helped a family complete an online application for their son who is disabled. The family is Commonhealth eligible but as I attempted to submit the application I was asked to choose a qualifying event. Apparently, another family experienced the same problem while completing a renewal online. Have you encountered this issue? […]

Connector Website Accessibility

I spoke with a blind MassHealth member who is having issues with completing the application online. The screen reader is not working on her iphone or on her desktop computer. On the iphone the screen reader keeps defaulting to the first menu when creating the username and password, so she cannot move past that step. On the […]

Who can enroll in a Health Connector plan outside of the open enrollment period?

I was under the impression that self-employed people could apply anytime and enroll in a plan and were not subject to the open enrollment period.  I called the Health Connector to ask whether I would have to do the application through the “small business” application route for a self-employed client. He said I could just […]