Articles about Medicare that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

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

New weight loss drugs raise questions of access, costs

October 18, 2024,
GLP-1 drugs are effective in treating obesity. By Boston Globe The Editorial Board Updated October 18, 2024 New, popular ...Read More

Blue Cross Municipal Health Insurance Summit

October 3, 2024
Blue Cross Blue Shield will be sponsoring a second Municipal Health Insurance Summit in which Mass Retirees will again be ...Read More

Medicare Announces Drug Prices: Producing Future Significant Savings

October 3, 2024
Since its creation in the federal Income Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169), Mass Retirees has been closely ...Read More

Medicare 2025 Part B Premiums Expected to Increase

October 3, 2024
Later this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More
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IBIS Health and Wellpoint Clinical Trial Study Underway

October 3, 2024
New Data Showing Reductions In Hospitalizations & ER Visits Nearly 18 months into its partnership with Wellpoint (formerly known as ...Read More

Studies Focus on Use of Medical Cannabis

October 3, 2024
Prevalence of Use Grows, but Lack of Guidance Persists We all know that healthcare continues to become more complicated and ...Read More
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IBIS Health: Managing Your Medications Properly

July 10, 2024,
Taking the Right Dose on the Right Day, at the Right Time Exactly four years ago, Mass Retirees announced in ...Read More

Mass Retirees Survey Shows Strong Interest in Medical Cannabis

July 10, 2024,
More Than 1,900 Members Participated in Poll Twelve years after medical marijuana was legalized here in Massachusetts and with ...Read More