Articles about Medicare that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
Latest Federal News from the Roundtable
June 21, 2026Breaking NewsPublic Sector Healthcare Roundtable: June 21, 2026: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Advances Bills to Improve Health Care ...Read More - Latest Federal News from the Roundtable
Mass Retirees Joins HPC Advisory Council
June 16, 2026NewsHealthcare & Ret. Advocacy Dir. Nancy McGovern Appointed This spring also marked the beginning of a new two-year term ...Read More - Mass Retirees Joins HPC Advisory Council
Supreme Court Allows CMS Program to Continue Unabated
June 12, 2026NewsSince the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was enacted in 2022, we have been reporting on the campaign in the ...Read More - Supreme Court Allows CMS Program to Continue Unabated
Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Progressing
June 12, 2026NewsEarlier this year (January Voice) we reported on the status of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program that is administered ...Read More - Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Progressing
GLP-1 Medications: Access, Affordability, and What Comes Next
February 17, 2026NewsGLP-1 medications for weight loss have become some of the most widely discussed drugs of the past decade. Evidence ...Read More - GLP-1 Medications: Access, Affordability, and What Comes Next
2026 Medicare Premium Changes
February 17, 2026NewsStandard Part B Increasing By 9.7% Symptomatic of today’s ever increasing healthcare costs, most Medicare beneficiaries will experience ...Read More - 2026 Medicare Premium Changes
Medicare Program Continues Push for Lower Rx Prescription Drug Prices
February 17, 2026NewsSince its creation three years ago by the IRA, the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169 ...Read More - Medicare Program Continues Push for Lower Rx Prescription Drug Prices
Mass Retirees Keeping Engaged & Informed on Critical Healthcare Issues
February 17, 2026NewsAs long-time Mass Retirees members know, retiree health insurance and healthcare policy are a major focus of the Association ...Read More - Mass Retirees Keeping Engaged & Informed on Critical Healthcare Issues
Association Actively Participates in BCBS Summit
February 17, 2026NewsThe Municipal Health Insurance Summit, hosted and sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, is a collaboration between ...Read More - Association Actively Participates in BCBS Summit
Opposing GIC Cost Shifting
February 12, 2026Breaking NewsThe following is an open letter sent by Mass Retirees to the Group Insurance Commission in opposition to what we ...Read More - Opposing GIC Cost Shifting