MassAHU’s membership is comprised of independent, licensed insurance professionals who specialize primarily in health insurance and employee benefits for thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of families and individuals across the Commonwealth. Our association and members have been and continue to be active participants in healthcare reform both on the state and federal levels. It is our understanding that this Special Commission has been tasked with examining the following:
Read More
MassAHU would like to acknowledge and support the following in Senate President Murray's Bill, SB 2437, An Act to Promote Cost Containment, Transparency and Efficiency in the Provision of Quality Health Insurance for Individuals and Small Businesses. MassAHU supports addressing stabilizing and controlling cost in health care insurance: the Move to an Annual Open Enrollment, to […]
Read More
As the economy continues to struggle with high unemployment and massive amounts of new debt – Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as “ObamaCare.” This new law will insure 32 million more Americans – 50% of them will be enrolled in Medicaid – tax payer subsidized health insurance – which […]
Read More
In 2006, MA passed landmark healthcare reform legislation to address the “easy” issue with healthcare – insuring the uninsured. Prior to the passage of that law, MA ranked 3rd in the country for the lowest number of uninsured…now we are #1 because we insure almost 98% of our residents when the national average is 83%. All agree […]
Read More
Good afternoon Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Tobe Gerard. I am here today in 4 capacities: 1) As an owner of an insurance agency specializing exclusively in long term care insurance; 2) As a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters 3) As a […]
Read More
The Affordable Health Plan (HB-4452) would require health care providers and health insurers to limit their costs to help small businesses and individuals. The bill would limit the rates doctors and hospitals charge for this one product to no more than 10% above what the federal Medicare program pays and would limit insurer profits on […]
Read More
Massachusetts (MA) implemented sweeping healthcare reform in 2006 and the law was passed with bipartisan support. What is the good news? Massachusetts ranks #1 in the country with 97% of its residents insured. What’s the bad news? Massachusetts healthcare budget is exploding, we have longer wait times to see a doctor and healthcare costs are […]
Read More
Health care reform is a complicated challenge and one without a simple solution. Where do we start? Let's look at the best practices and lessons learned from the Massachuestt's "experiment." Three years ago, the state implemented health care reform with the goal of universal access and lower cost. What were the results? AccessMassachuesetts ranks No. […]
Read More
The Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters (MassAHU), a membership organization of professional health insurance brokers, consultants and other professionals, shares the concern for affordability of health care in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Through the Payment Reform Commission appointed by Governor Patrick, recommendations have been submitted for the restructuring of the health care payment system. According […]
Read More
