Articles about Medicare that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
Medicare: Turning 65
January 5, 2024NewsA Review of Required Medicare Enrollment & Eligibility One of the most common questions we receive from members is regarding ...Read More
Medicare Part B Going Up in 2024
January 5, 2024NewsAmounts to a 5.9% Increase As we projected in our November Voice, the Medicare Part B premium will be ...Read More
Healthcare Focus of Fall Forums
January 5, 2024NewsAssociation Officials Participated As you know, public retiree health insurance and healthcare policy are major focuses of Mass Retirees. Awareness ...Read More
IBIS Preliminary Study of MIIA Members
January 5, 2024NewsSuggests Participation Results in Significant Cost Savings Just a little over two years after MIIA and Mass Retirees first partnered ...Read More
Medicare Advantage: Stay With Your Current Group Coverage
November 4, 2023NewsIt is once again that time of year when celebrities pop up in commercials telling you to call and see ...Read More
Drug Price Increases Greatly Outpacing Inflation
November 4, 2023NewsConfirmed in Study of Medicare’s Top 25 Part D Drugs Leqembi and its potential impact on Medicare Part B ...Read More
November: Diabetes Awareness Month
November 4, 2023NewsIbis Can Help – a Member’s Story November is National Diabetes Month, an effort to raise awareness about an illness ...Read More
Medicare Major Development: Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Beginning
November 4, 2023NewsFirst Drugs Selected for the Program In our September Voice, we updated our readers on the status of the federal ...Read More
Health Policy Commission Raises Alarms
October 27, 2023NewsPost Pandemic Costs Trend Upward In mid-September, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) released its annual report on health ...Read More
Medicare Major Development: 2024 Medicare Part B Premium Likely to Increase
October 27, 2023NewsNew Alzheimer’s Drug a Major Factor While approval of a new Alzheimer’s drug has understandably raised hope among ...Read More