Articles about Medicare that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
Healthcare affordability crisis looms
November 22, 2024News, Breaking News, Weekly News UpdateWe 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, 2024News, From the MediaGLP-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, 2024NewsBlue 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, 2024NewsSince 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, 2024NewsLater this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More
IBIS Health and Wellpoint Clinical Trial Study Underway
October 3, 2024NewsNew 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, 2024NewsPrevalence of Use Grows, but Lack of Guidance Persists We all know that healthcare continues to become more complicated and ...Read More
IBIS Health: Managing Your Medications Properly
July 10, 2024News, Breaking NewsTaking 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, 2024News, Breaking NewsMore Than 1,900 Members Participated in Poll Twelve years after medical marijuana was legalized here in Massachusetts and with ...Read More
Steward Outlines Process To Sell, Auction Hospitals
May 16, 2024From the Media, NewsBids For Mass. Hospitals Would Be Due June 24 Colin A. Young, State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MAY ...Read More