Maura Healey for her signature, includes $199 million for acute care hospitals statewide and $77 million to reimburse hospitals and community health centers for services to uninsured and underinsured residents. Rodrigues pointed to soaring health care inflation—rising by 11% this fiscal year alone—growing unemployment and underinsurance. He added, as more residents lose job-based insurance and struggle to access the health insurance market, they are increasingly relying on the Health Safety Net. Cuts under that law could leave more people uninsured and place even more strain on the already stressed Health Safety Net. “This is about keeping health care close to home,” Payano added.