Articles about Health Insurance 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

HEALTHCARE NEWS: GIC & Blue Cross
October 3, 2024NewsHealth insurance and benefits for public retirees, both at the GIC and the local level remain a focus of the ...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

WEP/GPO DISCHARGE PETITION GAINS 218 COSPONSORS
September 20, 2024Breaking News, NewsThe discharge petition to force a vote by the US House of Representatives on H.R.82, legislation to repeal ...Read More

Fall 2024 Outlook
September 11, 2024Weekly News Update, NewsSEPTEMBER 6, 2024: As we head into fall, Mass Retirees is directly involved in and focused on several important areas ...Read More