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Divided GIC board drops coverage of popular weight loss drugs
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (982+ words) Valerie Sullivan, chair of the Group Insurance Commission board, voted in favor of the change "with a heavy heart." "This is a very challenging budget year for our state, and our responsibility as commissioners is to focus both on the…...
Massachusetts health regulators freeze 2027 deductible limits
1+ week, 6+ day ago (747+ words) Audrey Morse Gasteier, executive director of the Health Connector, speaks at a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2025. Feb. 13, 2026..Massachusetts health regulators voted to freeze deductible limits for 2027 insurance plans to avoid a sharp increase but stressed a new adjustment formula…...
Pushback stalls state employee health benefit changes
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (648+ words) Matthew Veno, executive director of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission, at a press conference at the State House on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2026. Feb. 12, 2026..State health plan overseers under pressure to tame spiraling health care costs delayed a vote on controversial benefit…...
Healey offers phase-in plan to manage federal tax change impacts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) The door to the Executive Office for Administration and Finance is shown on the third floor of the State House. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Donald Trump signed July 4 makes more than 100 changes to the federal tax…...
Healey unveils insurance reforms to speed access to health care
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (394+ words) Division of Insurance Commissioner Michael Caljouw at a press conference about insurance reform at the State House on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2025. STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, Jan. 14, 2026..State insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine…...
Manufactured home residents fed up with rising insurance costs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (751+ words) First-term Sen. Kelly Dooner chats with other senators during the opening session of the 2025-2026 term on Jan. 1, 2025. When Fitzgerald asked her insurer, Foremost, why her bill was rising, they cited disasters happening across the country, which aren't relevant to what's…...
Connector reports health insurance enrollment churn
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (605+ words) Audrey Morse Gasteier, executive director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, speaks during a MassHealth redetermination press conference on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Dec. 31, 2025..The number of Massachusetts residents who dropped insurance accessed through the state Health Connector was roughly balanced out by…...
State seeing more people drop health insurance
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (634+ words) Health Connector Executive Director Audrey Morse Gasteier speaks to reporters at a press conference on Dec. 9, 2025. "In the first month of open enrollment, we've seen over 10,000 people terminate their coverage for 2026. That's double the amount of people who terminated by…...
Health coverage, cost trends serving double whammy
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (814+ words) BOSTON, Nov. 13, 2025..With hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters expected to lose their health coverage due to federal policy changes, industry leaders and state officials mapped out broad strategies Wednesday to combat a looming surge in uninsured residents that's unfolding…...
Hospitals back insurance mandate for "proactive" care model
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (300+ words) Meanwhile, the head of an association representing health insurers says she has "significant concerns" about the legislation." MIH programs can reduce health care costs and boost patient outcomes, as well as bolster health equity in underserved communities, according to CHIA....