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Health insurers again propose double-digit premium increases
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (412+ words) Former Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO and current President and Chief Executive Officer at the National Institute for Health Care Management, Andrew Dreyfus (left), speaks to Commissioner of Insurance Michael Caljouw (right) on April 13, 2026 at an event celebrating the 20th anniversary…...
Rules finalized to speed access to some health services
1+ week, 4+ day ago (602+ words) Patient Chuck Stravin speaks at a press conference at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston on Thursday, May 14, 2026 as Gov. Maura Healey announced finalized prior authorization reforms." BOSTON, May 14, 2026. .Patients and providers in Massachusetts will soon face fewer insurance hassles…...
"Difficult discussions" coming on health insurance front
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (644+ words) STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, SEPT. 11, 2025. .The state's health insurance marketplace is in the thick of notifying tens of thousands of members who either will or could lose subsidized coverage through the Health Connector due to changes in federal law, and staff…...
Health care premium hikes will weigh on public budgets, workers
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (791+ words) Average premiums are expected to increase by 7. 5% in the next plan year at the Group Insurance Commission." STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, March 5, 2026 Thousands of public employees will see an average premium increase of 7. 5% in the coming fiscal year under rate changes…...
Divided GIC board drops coverage of popular weight loss drugs
3+ mon, 2+ hour 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
3+ mon, 1+ week 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
3+ mon, 2+ week 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
4+ 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
4+ 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
4+ 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…...