Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
Keeping an eye on health insurance
November 8, 2019NewsNOVEMBER 8, 2019: This week’s video message focuses on the upcoming retiree health insurance plan design process for Fiscal ...Read More
Legislature Weighs Health Insurance Reform
September 17, 2019NewsRising Costs & Affordability Main ConcernsSEPTEMBER 2019: Earlier this year, Mass Retirees filed six separate legislative proposals relative to health ...Read More
Bad Medicine For Medicare Retirees
September 14, 2019NewsMass Retirees Opposes Voucher-Like SchemeSEPTEMBER 2019: For more than a decade, public retirees have found their health insurance benefits ...Read More
Life Insurance & Health Insurance Focus of Beacon Hill Hearing
July 25, 2019NewsAffordability, Representation and Transparency Key Issues JULY 25, 2019: Mass Retirees and union leaders packed a State House hearing today ...Read More
State Lawmakers Reach Compromise On $43.1 Billion State Budget
July 21, 2019NewsSTATEHOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 21, 2019 (STATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE) – Three weeks after the start of the new fiscal year, Democratic leaders ...Read More
Mass Retirees & Unions Meet With GIC
July 10, 2019NewsFocus on Members’ Costs & Future Plan DesignJULY 10, 2019: In what might very well be a first, the ...Read More
Sound, Fury and Prescription Drugs
July 9, 2019NewsDespite talk of reform, drug prices keep climbing. Here’s how to change that. By The NYT Editorial BoardRead More
GIC Open Enrollment Ends Today, May 1st
May 1, 2019NewsMAY 1, 2019: The month’s long open enrollment for the state Group Insurance Commission’s (GIC) health and ...Read More
GIC Annual Enrollment Now Underway
April 3, 2019NewsBenefit Fairs Begin April 10thAPRIL 3, 2019: The state Group Insurance Commission’s annual open enrollment period began today ...Read More
GIC Announces FY20 Rates
March 1, 2019News1.9% Increase for Popular OME PlanMARCH 1, 2019: On Thursday the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) delivered ...Read More