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Healthcare Affordability

December 16, 2024,
Challenge Looming for 2025 There is a healthcare affordability crisis looming that will likely cause great harm to a growing ...Read More - Healthcare Affordability
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GIC & BCBS Meetings

December 16, 2024
Association Participates During the third week of November, both the GIC and the BCBS Labor Advisory Committee held meetings. Mass ...Read More - GIC & BCBS Meetings
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Medicare Premium Changes for 2025

December 16, 2024
Standard Part B Increasing By 5.9% As we accurately projected in our last (October) Voice, the 2025 standard premium ...Read More - Medicare Premium Changes for 2025
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Ibis Health’s Partnership With MIIA Leads to Better Outcomes

December 16, 2024
Just Ask Paul! Since 2021, Mass Retirees has been reporting on the partnership between Senscio Systems and MIIA (Massachusetts Interlocal ...Read More - Ibis Health’s Partnership With MIIA Leads to Better Outcomes
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Association Officials Attend Roundtable Annual Conference

December 16, 2024
In addition to participating this fall in the Municipal Health Insurance Summit (see p.4) and the BCBS Fall Labor ...Read More - Association Officials Attend Roundtable Annual Conference
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Need Help With Problems Sleeping: What to Consider

December 16, 2024
Prescription Sleep Medications or Medical Cannabis? Many, untold thousands of Mass Retirees members are among the 50% of older adults ...Read More - Need Help With Problems Sleeping: What to Consider
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Healthcare affordability crisis looms

November 22, 2024, ,
We have two topics to report on this week: The growing crisis that is healthcare affordability; and an update on ...Read More - Healthcare affordability crisis looms
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New weight loss drugs raise questions of access, costs

October 18, 2024,
GLP-1 drugs are effective in treating obesity. By Boston Globe The Editorial Board Updated October 18, 2024 New, popular ...Read More - New weight loss drugs raise questions of access, costs
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HEALTHCARE NEWS: GIC & Blue Cross

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