Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

November: Diabetes Awareness Month

November 4, 2023
Ibis 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, 2023
First 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, 2023
Post 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, 2023
New Alzheimer’s Drug a Major Factor While approval of a new Alzheimer’s drug has understandably raised hope among ...Read More

Public Service Committee Hearing Schedule for Three Mass Retirees Bills

October 26, 2023,
The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a hearing on Tuesday, October 31st at 10 a.m. at the ...Read More

HPC Pressing For Health Care Cost Control Overhaul

September 13, 2023,
Prices, Costs to Consumers Heading “In The Wrong Direction,” Seltz Says By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service ...Read More

Our focus this fall

September 8, 2023
September 8, 2023: Happy September! Our weekly Mass Retirees news updates are back. After a short Labor Day break, we ...Read More

GIC Simplifies Hearing Aid Benefit Design

August 14, 2023
Maximum $1,700 Benefit For Each Ear Beginning this July, the GIC’s Medicare and non-Medicare/active plans, with ...Read More

Reminder: Mygiclink for GIC Retirees

August 14, 2023
View and Update Your GIC Benefits Using MyGICLink Exactly one year ago (September 2022 Voice), we announced that the state ...Read More
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IBIS Update: Local Outreach With Miia

August 14, 2023
Since 2021 Senscio – a very familiar name to our readers – has partnered with the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA ...Read More