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Unicare Addresses Privacy Issue

JANUARY 2005 - Association Legislation Goes Further - Members, who are insured through the state's Group Insurance Commission and enrolled in one of the various insurance plans administered by UniCare, may have recently noticed that their Social Security number is no longer being used on insurance documents.
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Update: Medicare Subsidy To State And Local Governments For Rx Drug Coverage

JANUARY 2005 - Both public and private employers have been pushing hard for the federal government to finalize its rules on how it will pay them a subsidy for the cost of providing prescription drug coverage to their retirees. Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency responsible for the subsidy program, have announced that they are proceeding "as quickly as possible" to meet the demand.

Feds Delay Discrimination Of Medicare Retirees By Private Employers

NOVEMBER 2004 - In a surprise move, final action on a federal regulation, that would allow private employers in Mass., and elsewhere, to reduce or even terminate health insurance benefits to its retirees once they become eligible for Medicare, has been delayed.
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Update: Nursing Home Costs

SEPTEMBER 2004 - State's Expanded Power Repealed - Recently we reported that the state had expanded its power to recoup its costs, under the Medicaid (Medical Assistance) Program for nursing home care, commonly referred to as "estate recovery." Under the new law, the state could recover its costs not only from a deceased nursing home resident's assets, administered through the probate court, but also those that pass outside probate. This would include property jointly owned or with a retained life estate.

Wall Street Board Stirs Up Controversy Over Funding Retiree Healthcare Benefits

SEPTEMBER 2004 - Over the next few years, you may hear more talk about paying for (funding) the long-term costs of retiree healthcare benefits. That's because a somewhat obscure private-sector board, financed by Wall Street, is calling upon public officials to do just that and, in the process, stirring up controversy over this issue.
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