Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
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
Our focus this fall
September 8, 2023Weekly News UpdateSeptember 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, 2023NewsMaximum $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, 2023NewsView and Update Your GIC Benefits Using MyGICLink Exactly one year ago (September 2022 Voice), we announced that the state ...Read More
IBIS Update: Local Outreach With Miia
August 14, 2023NewsSince 2021 Senscio – a very familiar name to our readers - has partnered with the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA) and ...Read More
UPDATE: Inflation Reduction Act and Medicare Rx Reforms
August 14, 2023NewsWhat’s The Timeline for Implementation Last year we reported on the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including several Medicare ...Read More