Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

Warren Smith, art teacher at Hampshire Regional High School, works on pottery in the basement studio at the school. Smith is concerned about rising health insurance costs.JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF

Mass. municipalities & school districts hit hard by rising health insurance costs

January 5, 2026
By James Vaznis, Globe Staff Escalating health insurance costs turned into a budget nightmare this academic year for Pioneer Valley ...Read More

‘We’re at a breaking point’: Health insurance premiums just keep going up, worsening affordability crisis

November 28, 2025
By Jessica Bartlett and Marin Wolf Globe Staff Each time one of Tamara Modig’s children needs a telehealth appointment ...Read More

Outlook For The Next Six Weeks

November 7, 2025
This week, we have a short update regarding our focus over the next six weeks leading up to the holiday ...Read More

Turning 65 and Medicare Enrollment

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

Retiree Health Insurance Developments

October 3, 2025
Weekly Update, October 3, 2025: This week our focus returns to retiree healthcare, both at the state and municipal levels ...Read More

Medicare 2026 Part B Premiums: Projected Double Digit Increase

September 9, 2025
Later 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, 2025
Our 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, 2025
The 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, 2025,
Approximately 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, 2025
CMS Begins 2nd Cycle of Negotiations Since its creation by IRA, the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L ...Read More