Articles about Medicare that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
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
GIC Simplifies Hearing Aid Benefit Design
August 14, 2023NewsMaximum $1,700 Benefit For Each Ear Beginning this July, the GIC’s Medicare and non-Medicare/active plans, with ...Read More
IBIS Update: Local Outreach With Miia
August 14, 2023NewsSince 2021 Senscio – a very familiar name to our readers - has partnered with the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA) and ...Read More
UPDATE: Inflation Reduction Act and Medicare Rx Reforms
August 14, 2023NewsWhat’s The Timeline for Implementation Last year we reported on the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including several Medicare ...Read More
FDA Fully Approves Alzheimer’s Drug
July 7, 2023News, Breaking NewsPotential Impact on Medicare Part B Premium July 7, 2023: Today, the federal Food and Drug Administration. (FDA) granted full ...Read More
GIC Open Enrollment & Annual PAC Drive Begins
March 31, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsMarch 31, 2023: It is very hard to believe that today is the end of March. For what is normally ...Read More