Medicare

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 - Medicare 2026 Part B Premiums: Projected Double Digit Increase
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Valeri Announces Reelection for the State Retirement Board

September 8, 2025,
Mass Retirees President Frank Valeri has announced he will be a candidate for reelection to the State Retirement Board. Since ...Read More - Valeri Announces Reelection for the State Retirement Board
Health insurance

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 - Healthcare Affordability: As Collaboration Takes Shape
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Substantial Gains for Mass Retirement Systems: PERAC Issues 2024 Investment Report

September 6, 2025
Annually, the state’s public pension oversight agency, PERAC (Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission), publishes an Investment Report that summarizes ...Read More - Substantial Gains for Mass Retirement Systems: PERAC Issues 2024 Investment Report
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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 - The urgency of tackling health care affordability
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Wellpoint-IBIS Health Clinical Trial

July 25, 2025
With Recruitment Phase Nearing End, Results Expected Next Year More than two years into its partnership with Wellpoint, Senscio Systems ...Read More - Wellpoint-IBIS Health Clinical Trial
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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 - One big disaster for Massachusetts health care
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Social Security Eligibility 101

July 7, 2025
The following was first published as the Mass Retirees Association's weekly news update on Friday, June 13, 2025. Each ...Read More - Social Security Eligibility 101