High Quality, Affordable Health Care Coverage For Commercial Fishing Communities

The Fishing Partnership Health Plan Works!

• Thousands of fishermen and their family members receive comprehensive health care coverage.

• The rate of the uninsured among fishermen in Massachusetts has dropped from 43% to 13%.

• The fishermen pay 60% of the costs.

• The FPHP saved $4.15 for every $1 of Federal funding.

• Every $1 of Federal Funding has been matched by over $4 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

• With a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Boston University is studying the FPHP as a model for providing coverage to other under-served populations.