Healey administration
Coverage of Healey administration in the Nexus archive.
- Despite some relief, small businesses still in line for double-digit health premium increases
Small businesses and individuals in Massachusetts will face a 10.4% average increase in health insurance premiums for 2027, down from insurers' initial 12.9% proposal after negotiations by the Healey administration. Fallon Community Health Plan's requested 25% increase was rejected, and the merged market—a subset covering 700,000 members—will see its second consecutive year of double-digit rate hikes.
- In the panic over a talent exodus, Massachusetts is forgetting the underutilized talent it has
Massachusetts faces a talent exodus, with 26% of young residents planning to leave and 182,000 net residents exiting since 2020. While affordability and housing costs are prioritized, the state overlooks underutilized talent, including displaced workers, foreign-credentialed immigrants, and residents in communities of color near growing job sectors like biomanufacturing and life sciences.
- Trump DOJ sues Mass. over immigrant tuition law
The Trump administration's Department of Justice sued Massachusetts and Rhode Island over laws allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates, arguing the policy violates federal law by providing benefits to undocumented immigrants that are not extended to U.S. citizens from other states. Massachusetts and Rhode Island defend the laws as necessary to support residents who attended local schools and contribute to the economy.