BCBSMA Foundation Report Estimates Major Medicaid Coverage Losses from “Big Beautiful Bill”
Date: September 3, 2025 The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation today released a new report, in partnership with the Urban Institute, which uses state-specific data and finds that two provisions in the recently enacted federal law H.R. 1 could result in 141,000 to 203,000 Massachusetts residents losing health insurance coverage through MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program. Taken together, the provisions in this law requiring six-month redeterminations and work requirements could lead to a more than 50 percent increase in the state’s uninsured population.