Daily Hampshire Gazette

Lawmakers urge GIC to reconsider ending coverage of weight-loss drugs

Forty state legislators have sent a letter to the Group Insurance Commission board warning about the public health risks involved with eliminating coverage for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for obesity — a ...
WGBH

Weight-loss drugs will no longer be covered by Mass. state workers’ health insurance

The agency that offers health insurance for state workers voted Thursday to stop covering GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, as Massachusetts tries to get a handle on the soaring health care costs that are ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

‘We can’t afford more’: Public workers push back on health insurance changes

Heather Wernimont, with the Springfield Education Association, talks about the impact Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to cut the state’s Group Insurance Commission by $100 million would have on state and ...
MassLive

With hospitals at risk, Mass. eyes lifeline for broke insurer covering 460K public employees

Editor’s note: Story was updated Thursday afternoon to include a statement from GIC. Amid fears of “serious financial consequences,” Massachusetts is working to create a lifeline for a Massachusetts ...
Berkshire Eagle

Baker knocks 'very poor' GIC rollout

BOSTON — The Group Insurance Commission's rollout of its state employee health plan consolidation was "very poor," Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday, as House Speaker Robert DeLeo announced a new ...