Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

Local Health Insurance Developments

December 16, 2024
Cost Increases Causing Strain on Plans Local health insurance has been in a state of flux over the last 12 ...Read More

2nd Annual Municipal Health Insurance Summit

December 16, 2024
On October 1, approximately 80 retired and active municipal members attended the 2nd Annual Municipal Health Insurance Summit at Blue ...Read More

Healthcare Affordability

December 16, 2024,
Challenge Looming for 2025 There is a healthcare affordability crisis looming that will likely cause great harm to a growing ...Read More

GIC & BCBS Meetings

December 16, 2024
Association Participates During the third week of November, both the GIC and the BCBS Labor Advisory Committee held meetings. Mass ...Read More

Medicare Premium Changes for 2025

December 16, 2024
Standard Part B Increasing By 5.9% As we accurately projected in our last (October) Voice, the 2025 standard premium ...Read More
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Ibis Health’s Partnership With MIIA Leads to Better Outcomes

December 16, 2024
Just Ask Paul! Since 2021, Mass Retirees has been reporting on the partnership between Senscio Systems and MIIA (Massachusetts Interlocal ...Read More

Association Officials Attend Roundtable Annual Conference

December 16, 2024
In addition to participating this fall in the Municipal Health Insurance Summit (see p.4) and the BCBS Fall Labor ...Read More

Need Help With Problems Sleeping: What to Consider

December 16, 2024
Prescription Sleep Medications or Medical Cannabis? Many, untold thousands of Mass Retirees members are among the 50% of older adults ...Read More

Healthcare in Massachusetts Is Too Expensive. Better Primary Care Can Help

December 2, 2024,
The following article was published by our friends at Wellpoint. December 2, 2024 The rising cost of healthcare services in ...Read More

Healthcare affordability crisis looms

November 22, 2024, ,
We have two topics to report on this week: The growing crisis that is healthcare affordability; and an update on ...Read More