Outreach team to keep residents enrolled in MassHealth
Resident proposes a small service corps under the mayor's office doing outreach at churches, city centers and door to door to keep people enrolled in MassHealth, given Medicaid uncertainty.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Create a small service corps/outreach team under the mayor's office to do outreach work to keep people enrolled in MassHealth. They'd set up at churches, city centers, and sometimes even go door to door. Maybe partnered with an org that does similar.
Who it helps and why
With a worrying future for Medicaid, Boston should take a lead on using city resources to respond to the needs of our community. Focusing on most vulnerable, this team could work to do public education and individual interventions.
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 20, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Community
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
- Themes
- Health care access
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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