What is MassHealth?

MassHealth is state-administered Medicaid-funded health insurance. It provides comprehensive health insurance--or help in paying for private health insurance--to Massachusetts children, families, seniors, and people with disabilities.

To be considered “disabled” for MassHealth eligibility, you must have one of the following:

» a certification of legal blindness from the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind

» a disability determination by the Social Security Administration

» a disability determination by the Division of Medical Assisance Disability Determination Unit