Articles about Medicare that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

Turning 65 and Medicare Enrollment
October 13, 2025Breaking NewsWith Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment period about to begin on October 15, this is a good opportunity to revisit ...Read More

Medicare 2026 Part B Premiums: Projected Double Digit Increase
September 9, 2025NewsLater this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More

Healthcare Affordability: As Collaboration Takes Shape
September 6, 2025NewsOur lead article in the July edition of The Voice was an editorial spelling out our deepening concerns regarding healthcare ...Read More

The urgency of tackling health care affordability
July 28, 2025From the MediaThe system is buckling under the weight of soaring costs of drugs and medical care by SARAH ISELIN, president and ...Read More

One big disaster for Massachusetts health care
July 17, 2025From the Media, NewsApproximately 326,000 Mass. residents are expected to lose insurance coverage under Trump’s big tax and spending cuts bill ...Read More

Medicare Program Continues Push
July 2, 2025NewsCMS Begins 2nd Cycle of Negotiations Since its creation by IRA, the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L ...Read More

Healthcare Affordability Concerns Deepen
June 19, 2025News, Breaking NewsSteps Must Be Taken to Prevent Crisis Scenario For the better part of two years, Mass Retirees has sounded the ...Read More

CMS Rx Price Negotiations: Update
June 19, 2025NewsTimeline for 2nd Cycle As we reported in the last (April) Voice, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...Read More

Senior Medicare Patrol: Preventing Medicare Fraud
June 19, 2025NewsAt the beginning of May the Association had an opportunity to participate in the Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol Program’s ...Read More

Medicare Fraud Prevention Week
May 30, 2025Weekly News UpdateWeekly Update, May 30, 2025: With Medicare Fraud Prevention Week starting on Monday, our focus this week is on the ...Read More