Our Executive Director Ilana Steinhauer, NP, joined Dr. Ann Hwang of The Atrius Health Equity Foundation and Lindsey Tucker, Health Equity Compact in The Boston Globe this week. Together they wrote about what's coming for health care in Massachusetts.
Under federal cuts in the "One Big Beautiful Bill," up to 300,000 Massachusetts residents could lose coverage by 2034. Thousands of lawfully present immigrants have already lost MassHealth or ConnectorCare.
At ViM, we're already seeing it. Patients who recently lost coverage come to us after stretching their medications or skipping checkups for weeks. By then, manageable conditions have become harder and more costly to treat.
Losing coverage doesn't make health needs disappear. Free clinics, community health centers, and mobile and telehealth programs are part of the solution, and they need support to meet the demand.
Read the full article here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/27/opinion/one-big-beautiful-bill-massachusetts-health-care