Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

Retiree Health Insurance Developments
October 3, 2025Breaking NewsWeekly Update, October 3, 2025: This week our focus returns to retiree healthcare, both at the state and municipal levels ...Read More - Retiree Health Insurance Developments

Medicare 2026 Part B Premiums: Projected Double Digit Increase
September 9, 2025NewsLater this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More - Medicare 2026 Part B Premiums: Projected Double Digit Increase

Healthcare Affordability: As Collaboration Takes Shape
September 6, 2025NewsOur lead article in the July edition of The Voice was an editorial spelling out our deepening concerns regarding healthcare ...Read More - Healthcare Affordability: As Collaboration Takes Shape

The urgency of tackling health care affordability
July 28, 2025From the MediaThe system is buckling under the weight of soaring costs of drugs and medical care by SARAH ISELIN, president and ...Read More - The urgency of tackling health care affordability

One big disaster for Massachusetts health care
July 17, 2025From the Media, NewsApproximately 326,000 Mass. residents are expected to lose insurance coverage under Trump’s big tax and spending cuts bill ...Read More - One big disaster for Massachusetts health care

Medicare Program Continues Push
July 2, 2025NewsCMS Begins 2nd Cycle of Negotiations Since its creation by IRA, the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L ...Read More - Medicare Program Continues Push

Healthcare Affordability Concerns Deepen
June 19, 2025News, Breaking NewsSteps Must Be Taken to Prevent Crisis Scenario For the better part of two years, Mass Retirees has sounded the ...Read More - Healthcare Affordability Concerns Deepen

Spotlight: Mayflower Municipal Health Group
June 19, 2025NewsCloser Look at Joint Purchasing Arrangements Over the past year and a half, we have become increasingly concerned about rising ...Read More - Spotlight: Mayflower Municipal Health Group

GIC Report on Out-of-pocket Costs
June 19, 2025NewsContains Largely Good News For Retirees At their May meeting, GIC commissioners focused primarily upon the annual report on out ...Read More - GIC Report on Out-of-pocket Costs

CMS Rx Price Negotiations: Update
June 19, 2025NewsTimeline for 2nd Cycle As we reported in the last (April) Voice, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...Read More - CMS Rx Price Negotiations: Update


