Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
IBIS Preliminary Study of MIIA Members
January 5, 2024NewsSuggests Participation Results in Significant Cost Savings Just a little over two years after MIIA and Mass Retirees first partnered ...Read More
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES
November 7, 2023Breaking NewsState's leading health plan takes step to ease capacity crunch in local hospitals; change will speed discharges & eliminate ...Read More
Medicare Advantage: Stay With Your Current Group Coverage
November 4, 2023NewsIt is once again that time of year when celebrities pop up in commercials telling you to call and see ...Read More
Drug Price Increases Greatly Outpacing Inflation
November 4, 2023NewsConfirmed in Study of Medicare’s Top 25 Part D Drugs Leqembi and its potential impact on Medicare Part B ...Read More
Medicare Major Development: Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Beginning
November 4, 2023NewsFirst 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, 2023NewsPost 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, 2023NewsNew 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, 2023News, Breaking NewsThe 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, 2023From the Media, Breaking NewsPrices, Costs to Consumers Heading "In The Wrong Direction," Seltz Says By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service SEPTEMBER 13 ...Read More