Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

It's Our Anniversary!

It’s Our Anniversary!

February 28, 2020
Welcome to the 1st Anniversary of Mass Retirees’ Facebook Friday. This week: The state GIC approves FY21 health insurance premium ...
GIC Approves Premium Rates for FY’21

GIC Approves Premium Rates for FY’21

February 27, 2020
No Increase in Copayments or Deductibles February 27, 2020: The 17-member Commission voted today on the rates for ...
GIC Makes it Official: No OPC Increases For FY21

GIC Makes it Official: No OPC Increases For FY21

February 6, 2020
Premium Rate Vote Coming February 27thFEBRUARY 6, 2020: It’s official. There will be no increases in copayments or ...
GIC Launches Planning Process for FY21

GIC Launches Planning Process for FY21

December 19, 2019
Listening Tours Will Proceed Decision Making DECEMBER 19, 2019: Today, the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) formally kicked ...
Herman Departs GIC

Herman Departs GIC

December 11, 2019
Forged Working Relationship With Mass RetireesDECEMBER 11, 2019: Just three and a half years into her tenure as executive ...
Keeping an eye on health insurance

Keeping an eye on health insurance

November 8, 2019
NOVEMBER 8, 2019: This week’s video message focuses on the upcoming retiree health insurance plan design process for Fiscal ...
Legislature Weighs Health Insurance Reform

Legislature Weighs Health Insurance Reform

September 17, 2019
Rising Costs & Affordability Main ConcernsSEPTEMBER 2019: Earlier this year, Mass Retirees filed six separate legislative proposals relative to health ...
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Bad Medicine For Medicare Retirees

September 14, 2019
Mass Retirees Opposes Voucher-Like SchemeSEPTEMBER 2019: For more than a decade, public retirees have found their health insurance benefits ...
Life Insurance & Health Insurance Focus of Beacon Hill Hearing

Life Insurance & Health Insurance Focus of Beacon Hill Hearing

July 25, 2019
Affordability, Representation and Transparency Key Issues JULY 25, 2019: Mass Retirees and union leaders packed a State House hearing today ...
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State Lawmakers Reach Compromise On $43.1 Billion State Budget

July 21, 2019
STATEHOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 21, 2019 (STATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE) – Three weeks after the start of the new fiscal year, Democratic leaders ...