Insurance at risk for 130G in Mass.

More than 130,000 Massachusetts Health Connector members are at risk of losing their insurance subsidies for 2022 unless they each take specific actions.

Connector Authority Executive Director Louis Gutierrez said Thursday the IRS automatically amended more 2020 tax returns than usual, a result of filing changes created by the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

When returns are amended, he said, income data ends up different from the figures that exchanges like the Connector use to verify eligibility, and affected members lose that eligibility unless they update the income information in their accounts.

“We have really been exploring options, because I would very much like a softer landing than counting on every individual of the 130,000 to understand what must be done, so we will bring this back to the board in October, but we are actively looking for a softer landing than simply dropping people,” Gutierrez said.