Work with Massachusetts and federal leaders to negotiate a Medicaid 1115 waiver that lets Massachusetts lead in health care policy, innovation, and delivery.

work between state & federal leaders and public/private actors in healthcare to negotiate a game-changing Medicaid 1115 waiver with this administration next year that frees Massachusetts to lead again in healthcare policy, innovation, and delivery.

Auchincloss supported negotiating a Medicaid 1115 waiver for Massachusetts in the next year to advance health care policy, innovation, and delivery.

An Update from Your Congressman
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On September 14, 2026, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) announced its intent to submit a request to extend the MassHealth Section 1115 Demonstration (“Request”) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for the demonstration period from January 1, 2028 – December 31, 2032.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Massachusetts began the public process for the next MassHealth 1115 extension, but it had not yet been approved by CMS as of the page update.

unresolved later_term A for effort

MassHealth Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver | Mass.gov
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State: | Massachusetts Waiver Authority: | 1115 Status: | Pending

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CMS’s MassHealth demonstration page lists the waiver authority as 1115 and currently shows a pending status, consistent with unresolved later waiver activity.

unresolved later_term

MassHealth | Medicaid
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We have determined that the plan to phase out the authority by December 31, 2027, is consistent with the requirements outlined in the special terms and conditions (STCs) and are therefore approving it.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, CMS approved a phase-out of one MassHealth 1115 authority, showing the current demonstration continues but with a narrowed authority through 2027.

partial later_term

ma-masshealth-appvl-phase-out-09172026.pdf
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approved a temporary extension of the state’s section 1115 demonstration, entitled “MassHealth” (Project Number 11-W-00030/1), in order to allow the state and CMS to continue negotiations over the state’s December 22, 2021 demonstration application.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): During Auchincloss’s first House term, CMS documented active negotiations with Massachusetts over the MassHealth 1115 extension application.

partial same_term A for effort

ma-masshealth-temp-ext-appvl-06092022.pdf
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is approving Massachusetts’ request to extend the demonstration entitled, “MassHealth” (Project Number 11-W-00030/1 and 21-W-00071/1), in accordance with section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act (the Act).

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CMS approved Massachusetts’s MassHealth 1115 extension during Auchincloss’s first House term, a concrete delivery marker for the waiver negotiation itself.

delivered same_term

ma-masshealth-ca1.pdf
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State and federal officials must come together to protect MassHealth. Better yet, we should make necessity the mother of invention.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Auchincloss publicly advocated for state-federal action on MassHealth and the next 1115 negotiation, showing continued effort after the 2022 approval but before the next renewal is resolved.

unresolved later_term A for effort

How to save MassHealth from Trump’s cuts — and improve health care for everyone in the process | U.S. Congressman Jake Auchincloss Of Massachusetts 4th District
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