Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

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

Healthcare Affordability Concerns Deepen

June 19, 2025,
Steps Must Be Taken to Prevent Crisis Scenario For the better part of two years, Mass Retirees has sounded the ...Read More

Spotlight: Mayflower Municipal Health Group

June 19, 2025
Closer Look at Joint Purchasing Arrangements Over the past year and a half, we have become increasingly concerned about rising ...Read More

GIC Report on Out-of-pocket Costs

June 19, 2025
Contains Largely Good News For Retirees At their May meeting, GIC commissioners focused primarily upon the annual report on out ...Read More

CMS Rx Price Negotiations: Update

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

PAC Message to Donors: Thank You!

June 19, 2025,
Another Successful Spring Fundraising Drive We’re pleased to report that during this spring, members generously responded to the request ...Read More

Medicare Fraud Prevention Week

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