Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
New Law to Strip Social Security Numbers From Medicare Cards
April 20, 2015NewsWASHINGTON — Concerned about the rising prevalence and sophistication of identity theft, most private health insurance companies have abandoned the use ...Read More
Agreement Between GIC and U-Mass Medical
April 7, 2015NewsOpen Enrollment Begins APRIL 7, 2015: At the proverbial 11th hour, U-Mass Medical Group agreed to a new contract ...Read More
Blue Cross vastly expands quality-based payment systems
March 6, 2015NewsBy Priyanka Dayal McCluskeyGlobe Staff March 05, 2015 The Massachusetts health care industry’s traditional system of paying doctors ...Read More
GIC INSURANCE PREMIUM COSTS GOING UP
March 6, 2015NewsGovernor Proposes Higher Employee Contributions MARCH 5, 2015: Monthly insurance premiums for the 425,000 enrollees of the state’s ...Read More
CVS CareMark Retained by GIC
February 20, 2015NewsReduces Costs by $145m Over Three-Years FEBRUARY 18, 2015: Following an extensive search process, the state’s Group Insurance ...Read More
GIC APPROVES 2016 COPAYMENT & DEDUCTIBLE HIKE
February 17, 2015NewsAssociation Deeply Opposes $60m Cost Shift FEBRUARY 17, 2015: Over the objections of our Association and union representatives, the Commonwealth ...Read More
Association Opposes Increased Copayment & Deductibles
February 5, 2015NewsGIC Holds Annual Public Hearing February 4, 2015: Association officials were present and offered testimony at the state Group ...Read More
GIC REPORTS $120 MILLION DEFICIT
December 19, 2014NewsAdds Pressure to Growing State Budget Gap DECEMBER 19, 2014: As reported in the January 2014 edition of the Voice ...Read More
WARNING SIGNS FROM GIC
November 21, 2014NewsBudget Shortfall Could Trigger Benefit Changes in 2015 NOVEMBER 21, 2014: At its monthly meeting, the state’s Group Insurance ...Read More
Retiree Healthcare Siege Continues
October 1, 2014NewsMTF Report MisleadingOCTOBER 1, 2014: Last week, the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) released its latest report on municipal retiree health ...Read More