Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

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

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